De Luca Banana Marketing (DBM) is an Australian owned and operated company specializing in the production, handling and marketing of Australian grown Bananas. DBM partner with leading banana producers in tropical Far North Queensland to ensure premium quality Cavendish and Lady Finger Bananas are presented to Australian consumers in the best possible condition.
When DBM required a new cool store facility to hold and prepare bananas for market they contacted leading refrigeration company Access Refrigeration & Appliances. Rick of Access Refrigeration & Appliances was contracted to design and construct the refrigeration equipment.
The brief was to enable DBM to expand in this extremely competitive market and to ensure the high quality bananas are presented to market in premium condition.
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Actrol Queensland Engineering Manager Noel Otto worked closely with Rick to create the refrigeration systems to satisfy DBM’s requirements.
Six coolrooms measuring 10m x 3m x 3m high were refrigerated using individual Tecumseh EVO HTA semi hermetic condensing units matched with Buffalo PS series evaporators. The systems were designed to hold the bananas at 16°C and used R134a refrigerant.
Rick chose the high ambient Tecumseh EVO HTA semi hermetic units to take advantage of the reliability and efficiencies provided. R134a was selected as it performs very efficiently at the higher design room temperature. The Buffalo PS evaporators were matched to provide the correct air flow throughout each room.
De Luca Banana Marketing has been very happy with the performance of the system and quality of the bananas.
