CHAPTER 2: PROJECT ANALYSIS

2.1 Objective

- It is required to design and construct a cold room for cooling purposes to the food
production center –faculty of agriculture –Cairo University.
- The product to be cooled is butter weights in range of 3 tons.
- The cooling range is to be 0-2 °C.
- The room is thermostatically controlled and no restriction on the relative humidity.
- The pull down period is 24 hr.
- Other things taken into consideration:
I-Easy product handling;
II-Good accessibility;
III-Easy maintenance;
IV- Minimum cost;
V- Long life time;
VI-Efficient operation and performance

2.2 Available Facilities

- 2 rooms already built, separated by masonry wall.

- The room walls are 17.5 cm thickness.
- The rooms are of 2.75 x2.75x6.58 m3.
- The two rooms are in the first floor surrounded by ambient from 3 sides of the room
(east, west and south), and bakery from the other side.
- Above the room a lecture room exists.
- The wall construction layers from inside to outside are

1- 0.5 cm ceramic layer.

2- 3 cm cement – sand aggregate.
3- 12 cm hollow clay brick.
4- 2 cm cement sand aggregate + light colored paint.

- The room has 4 windows each 40x80 cm2.

- Options for the room's door were
I- door opens directly to ambient;
II- or opens to the bakery.
The selection of door location is determined by customer requirements.
 2.3 Primary Economic Analysis

From the available data mentioned above, the market data collected are:

:Cost of the cold room consists of

1- Cost of walls insulation.

2- Cost of refrigeration unit & evaporator.
3- Cost of door manufacture.

1- Cost of walls insulation.

There are many types of insulation material

Each type has a different price depending on its density.

I- For a built room:-

1- White foam (density= 35 kg /m3 )

It costs (LE 52) for 2 m2 surface area sheet with 5cm thickness.

2- Foamed in- place (density =36 kg//m3)

This type is formed by the mixing of two liquids.
It costs LE15 for each kilogram of liquid.

3- Extruded Polystrene Foam

It costs (LE90) for 1m2 surface area sheet with 10 cm thickness.

II- For Premade Panels:

1- foam density = 40 kg/ m3 injected between steel panels each with

Thickness= 1.25mm.
This type costs LE300 for 1 m2 surface area

2- For the same foam density between steel panels each with
Thickness=0.8mm.
This type costs LE210 for 1 m2 surface area.

Type Of Insulation Density Size Thickness Cost

kg/ m3 M2 cm LE
White foam 35 2 5 52
Extruded Polystrene Foam 35 1 10 90

Premade Panel 40 1 10 210

injected between steel panels)
(of 0.8 mm thickness
Premade Panel 40 1 10 300
injected between steel panels)
(of 1.25mm thickness
Total Size of the Room = 2.75 x 2.75 x 2 + 2.75 x 6.58 x 2 + 2.75 x 6.58x2 =87.5 m2

Type Of Insulation Total Cost

LE
White foam 2275
Extruded Polystrene Foam 7875
Premade Panel
injected between steel panels of 0.8 mm) 18375
(thickness
Premade Panel
injected between steel panels of 1.25mm) 26250
(thickness
 .Cost of refrigeration unit & evaporator -2

-1st proposal: Mahmoud Hassan Company (Eskimo)

(The most serious proposal)

Unit type HP 2 Price HP 3 Price

Copeland H8-LE-20X Copeland H8-LF-30X

Semi-Sealed Phase-3 L.E.7400 Phase-3 L.E.8800

Friga-bohn SCP26B Friga-bohn SCP33B

Sealed ((French L.E.3950 ((French L.E.4900
With Copeland scroll With Copeland scroll
compressor compressor

Evaporator coil-Unit

For 2 HP Price For 3 HP Price

Friga-bohn (French) L.E.4250 Friga-bohn (French) L.E.6850

Model : MUC 420.R Model : MUC 780.R

Expansion valve: (Danfoss)-

Type Price
With external equalizing connection L.E. 250
Without external equalizing connection L.E. 175

-Digital thermostat: L.E. 240

-Pipes:

Size Price
inch 7/8 L.E. /meter 28
inch 0.5 L.E. /meter 12
 -2nd proposal: (New Eskimo Company)

Unit type HP 2 Price HP 3 Price

Semi-Sealed Bizzar (Germany) L.E.7300 Bizzar (Germany) L.E.10220

Evaporator coil-Unit

For 2 HP Price For 3 HP Price

Bizzar (Germany) L.E.4000 Bizzar (Germany) L.E.4900

-Expansion valve:

Type Price
With external equalizing connection L.E. 240
Without external equalizing connection L.E. 170

-3rd proposal: (Al Rahman Company) Assembled unit

Component Price
Compressor 2HP (Sealed) (French) L.E. 1900
Condenser for 2HP
(Egyptian investment) L.E. 320

Evaporator coil for 2HP

(Egyptian investment) L.E. 950

With external equalizing connection

Expansion valve L.E. 225
Without external equalizing connection
L.E. 170
Fan L.E. 60
Accumulator L.E. 170

Or a complete French 2HP sealed unit with L.E. 3180

 -4th proposal: (Al Hegaz Company)

Price
HP unit with French sealed compressor 2
and Egyptian condenser ???? L.E. 1595

Evaporator coil for 2HP L.E. 2300

With equilibrium connection

Expansion valve L.E. 210
Without equilibrium connection
L.E. 170

.All units in all proposals often uses R-134A refrigerant

R-134A Cylinder (16 Kg) costs L.E. 270