Grow vegetables and fruits on the plot - is not it good? In our time, when the market and store shelves are filled with fruits full of harmful chemicals for health, it's a pleasure to enjoy your own products. But if you're lucky, and the harvest was a success, how to store a large amount of provisions? The only solution is to buy a refrigerator for fruits and vegetables .
How does refrigeration equipment work to store vegetables and fruits?
A refrigerator cabinet is not an ordinary household refrigerator, which can be seen in every home. The main principle of the device is the formation of optimal storage conditions for a certain type of products. As is known, vegetables and fruits have low resistance to the development of pathogenic bacteria and other microorganisms. In addition, they are characterized by a small loss of water, resulting in a marketable appearance of the fruit is deteriorating, and the overall weight is reduced. All these unfavorable factors can easily be solved using a refrigerating cabinet.
Cold storage chambers for storing vegetables and fruits work on the principle of instant cooling. After the "shock" cooling in the unit's chamber, the temperature regime is quite comfortable for the stored products. And the temperature is set automatically, depending on the type of fruit. In general, the range is 0 + 14 ° C. It is at this temperature that all chemical and biological reactions in the fruit slow down. Moreover, citrus and carrot have absolutely different temperature regimes. For example, for grapes expose 0 + 2 ⁰С, for carrots 0 ⁰С, apples - 0 + 4 ⁰С, bananas - + 7 + 12. In addition, a certain level of humidity must be set in the refrigerator cabinet so that your vegetables and fruits do not deteriorate. Long-term storage of products is impossible without ventilation.
Thus, the refrigerator for vegetables and fruits is a sealed device with an automatic system for adjusting and controlling temperature, ventilation and humidity. Therefore, simply bring the collected fruits to the unit, lay them in compartments and set the required parameters according to the type of product.
Use refrigerated cabinets not only in the home, but also for sale in stores, supermarkets for demonstration or storage.
How to choose a home refrigerator for vegetables and fruits?
For home use it is optimal to purchase the unit by the type of cabinet with one or two doors. Doors can be metal or glass. The first thing you should pay for when buying - is the dimensions of the refrigerator. It is worth considering where the device will be placed, and take into account the features of the room. Do not forget that as you carry the camera through the doorway.
Pay attention to the presence of adjustment parameters. The most optimal variant is a refrigerating cabinet with several zones with the possibility of controlling the temperature in each of them. The absence of zones will allow only one temperature regime to be set in the whole chamber.
Consider the amount of refrigeration equipment. You should calculate the approximate amount of products that you intend to store. The minimum volume, found on sale, is 35 liters.
If we talk about the materials from which the refrigeration cabinet is made, then the most durable product, especially in high moisture conditions, is a stainless steel product. The cabinet made of metal, coated with paint, unfortunately, quickly loses a beautiful appearance.
By cooling type there are refrigerated cabinets:
- Static, operating on the basis of natural air circulation;
- Dynamic, working by pumping cold air with a fan.
In refrigerated cabinets with a statistical type, there is a difference in temperature between the upper and lower zones.