Temporary cooling equipment for seafood cold store refurb
Client: Five Star Fish
Location: Grimsby, UK
Sectors: Food and drinks
The challenge
Providing temporary cooling solutions to keep seafood frozen during cold store refurbishment
Five Star Fish, part of the 2 Sisters Food Group, was upgrading its 13,000 m3 cold store. As part of the upgrade, its permanent cooling plant had to be shut down. As they planned for their refurbishment, the needed to preserve the perfect condition of the seafood in the cold store while their own cooling was switched off. They needed rock-solid temporary cooling equipment.
Rotormotion, the engineering consultants steering the project, called on us to provide temperature controlling equipment during the period of their cooling system maintenance. Within three days of their call, our cooling was up and running.
Project fact file
The solution
Temporary cooling equipment to blast freezing air into cold store during refurb
Our cooling plan was approved and the systems were installed and commissioned in just 72 hours. Our innovative units had the cold store down to a chilly minus 18°C so the permanent cooling could be switched off.
During their refurb, we supplied our Very Low Temperature Fluid Chillers (VLTC), which provide intensive cooling at minus 10°C to minus 40°C. These were powered by two diesel generators, with air handling units and ancillary equipment rounding out the system. and ancillary equipment rounding out the system.
The smart design optimised space and minimised business disruption, with all but the air handling units located outside. Plus, our telemetry technology provided round-the-clock remote monitoring to alert us to any critical issues.
The impact
Five Star Fish could fast-track their project with the help of temporary cooling units
By getting our temporary cooling equipment installed so quickly, Five Star Fish could fast-track their refurbishment with the confidence that their seafood was being preserved at the optimum temperature. Our local engineering team was on hand for the duration of the project and we provided full fuel management services. Rotormotion and Five Star Fish could focus on the refurb.
Six weeks later, once the refurbished cooling plant was fully tested and re-commissioned, our cooling and power infrastructure was disconnected. It was a completely seamless process.
If you’ve scheduled a switch-off and need temporary cooling solutions, get in touch with our team. At Aggreko, we can provide reliable, innovative solutions as and when you need it. If you need chiller hire or temporary cooling equipment, we can help.
Managing Director , Rotormotion
Peter Adams