Meridian Cold Chain

Cold room sizing calculator

Work out the cold room you need, in about two minutes.

Your room

Length, width and height. Any size, not only standard ones.

degrees C

kg arriving each day

Refrigeration capacity required
16.5kW
56,457 BTU/hr · 4.7 tons refrigeration
Indicative budget
₦46.7m to ₦67.2m

Indicative only, from typical market rates for a room of this size. A firm price follows the site survey.

Room volume
72.5 m³
Holds about
21,747 kg
Insulation
100mm panel
Daily heat load
298 kWh
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Where the load comes from
Cooling and freezing the product188.4 kWh · 73%
Heat through walls and ceiling23.4 kWh · 9%
Air infiltration through the door17.3 kWh · 7%
Evaporator fans14.3 kWh · 6%
Defrost7.1 kWh · 3%
Heat through floor5.2 kWh · 2%
People working in the room2.6 kWh · 1%
Lighting0.6 kWh · 0%

Calculated by the five component method in ASHRAE Handbook, Refrigeration, chapter 24, with a 15 percent design margin over 18 running hours.