With CO2, A Future-Ready Trans-Critical Refrigeration Plant

This year, fruit grower Olaf van der Lienden from Herveld had to deal with a leakage in his existing refrigeration plant, which was installed in 1984. “You can choose to re-fill it, but it remains an old installation. We therefore chose to replace the cooling system, which operated with a synthetic refrigerant, with a new trans-critical CO2 installation. It was a considerable investment, but it is one with which we can move forward into the future,” says the grower.

Van Abeelen Koeltechniek, together with Wiltink Koudetechniek, delivered the new refrigeration plant. “Work on the installation commenced on the 1st of September, on the 24th of September it was ready, and the apples went in on the 25th of September. So, the timeline was very tight, but we succeeded, and that’s to the great credit of the installers. I am very satisfied,” says Olaf. “I’m expecting several more fruit growers to choose their cooling solutions in the future.”