Abstract
A two-year experiment was devised to demonstrate electrical energy savings through evaporator fan cycling in part of a full-sized refrigerated controlled atmosphere apple storage facility in Yakima, Washington. Room cooling demand and evaporator fan operation was controlled by the bulk fruit temperature. Evaporator fans remained off 60 to 65% of the time during periods of fan cycling operation. Seasonal average fan energy savings approached 50 to 55% when the product remained in storage for a typical length of time. Room environment conditions, product mass loss, and fruit quality were not detectibly different.
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