Usually, customers will ask the cold storage engineering company to produce a detailed cold storage design plan in the initial stage of consulting the construction of the cold storage. Especially for large-scale cold storage, the design plan is the most important part of the entire cold storage construction process. Today, I will introduce to you the importance of cold storage design.

The cold storage design plan is a tailor-made design plan according to the customer's own situation. Different design requirements, different design standards, and different industry needs determine the difference in the design plan.

First of all, we need to understand a few issues before we design a plan:

1. What type of cold storage to build

Note: Before the construction of the cold storage, the construction purpose of the cold storage must be considered, and the appropriate type of cold storage structure must be used.

　　1. How big a cold storage is to build
The size of the cold storage should be planned according to the tonnage of the cold storage, the turnover rate of goods, the type of goods, the number of platforms, and the size of the square.
　　Several common types of turnover in the library:
<1>. National Strategic Reserves-the total reserves required
<2>. Out-of-season sales---receipt quantity per quarter
<3>. Cold chain logistics turnover----10-15 days turnover
<4>. Conventional storage type---turnover volume of about 20 days<5>. Bulk matching type (fresh food e-commerce) --- daily transaction volume and category

　　Note: If the size of the cold storage cannot be reasonably configured and meet the turnover rate, it will cause a decline in the turnover rate, waste of cold storage resources, and severely reduce the return on investment of the cold storage --- even loss.

　　2. How to design the cold storage turnover rate
<1>. How big is the vehicle plaza?
The size of the square is related to the specifications of the large refrigerated trucks and the number of unloading platforms required. Usually the width of the 17m refrigerated truck square is 32m smaller. The area of the square of the logistics-type cold storage building is generally 20%-25% of the cold storage area. .
<2>. Design of loading and unloading surface
1. Daily incoming and outgoing volume
2. Vehicle specifications, quantity, etc.
3. Loading and unloading form
<3>. Platform and buffer room
Usually: bulk cold storage requires a large number of unloading surfaces, and the area of the platform, operation room, and buffer room accounts for more than 80% of the total. The platform of the logistics and storage type cold storage building can be selected according to the designed loading and unloading surface, if the cold storage If the depth is greater than 80m, it is necessary to consider bilateral platforms to increase the turnover rate.
　　3. What needs to be provided for the design of special functions
　　a. Quick freezing and pre-cooling
1. The storage temperature of quick-frozen goods;
2. One-time purchase quantity of quick-frozen goods;
3. The outgoing temperature of quick-frozen goods;
4. The storage time of quick-frozen goods in cold storage;
5. Types of quick-frozen goods.
　　b. Low temperature processing workshop
1. The temperature required by the processing workshop;
2. The personnel situation of the processing workshop is calculated according to the international standard;
3. What is the turnover and what is the turnover speed?
4. Cargo stay time

The cost of cold storage design is generally only equivalent to less than 1% of the lifetime cost of the construction project, but it is precisely this cost of less than 1% that has a great impact on the cost of the project. Obviously, the key to project investment control lies in the design stage. To effectively control the project cost, it is necessary to focus on the cold storage design stage, and you can get twice the result with half the effort.