Potato Store Ventilation & Refrigeration

Ventilation, refrigeration and Cropscan control for box and bulk potato stores. Use the dots below to see six typical store layouts and which equipment goes where.

Potato Box Storage - 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Cutaway illustration of potato box store layout 1 with numbered equipment positions
  • 1 Junction box
  • 2 Air bags
  • 3 Roof fans
  • 4 Crop sensors
  • 5 Floor standing humidifier
  • 6 Suction wall
  • 7 Packaged ambient unit
  • 8 Cropscan
  • 9 Packaged refrigeration unit
  • 10 Ambient sensor
  • 11 Motorised louvres

Potato Box Storage - 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cutaway illustration of potato box store layout 2 with numbered equipment positions
  • 1 Junction box
  • 2 Roof fans
  • 3 Crop sensors
  • 4 Suction wall
  • 5 Cropscan
  • 6 Split refrigeration units
  • 7 Remote condenser

Potato Box Storage - 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cutaway illustration of potato box store layout 3 with numbered equipment positions
  • 1 Junction box
  • 2 Roof fans
  • 3 Crop sensors
  • 4 Packaged ambient unit
  • 5 Cropscan
  • 6 Motorised louvres
  • 7 Remote condenser
  • 8 Louvre rain & light filter
  • 9 Evaporator coil

Potato Box Storage - 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 Cutaway illustration of potato box store layout 4 with numbered equipment positions
  • 1 Junction box
  • 2 Crop sensors
  • 3 Cropscan
  • 4 Ambient sensor
  • 5 Motorised louvres
  • 6 Fans

Potato Box Storage - 5

1 Cutaway illustration of potato box store layout 5 with numbered equipment positions
  • 1 Drying plenum

Potato Box Storage - 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cutaway illustration of potato store layout 6 with numbered equipment positions
  • 1 Junction box
  • 2 Roof fans
  • 3 Cropscan
  • 4 Motorised louvres
  • 5 Compressor housing
  • 6 Ambient temperature & humidity sensor
  • 7 Fans

We offer complete crop storage systems for potatoes, onions and vegetables. We specialise in refrigerated cooling, ventilation and electronic control systems and automated controls for the agricultural industry.

Questions about potato storage

Do I need refrigeration, or will ambient air do?

Many stores use both. A packaged ambient unit cools with outside air and a refrigeration unit takes over when that air is not cold enough, with Cropscan choosing between them automatically.

A suction wall, usually built in timber at the same end as the air handling units, spreads air far more evenly through a free-blow box store.

Cropscan purges CO₂ on a timer, and the Fresh Box refreshes store air with minimal energy.

Yes. Layout 1 includes a floor-standing humidifier.

Next step: get your store sized

Tell us your tonnage, whether you store in boxes or bulk, and your building, and our design team will work out the airflow and refrigeration duty. See the motorised louvres that control the air, then contact us.

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