hydrocooler

Definitions

Any of various devices for cooling produce by means of chilled water.

Equivalents

Examples

“Most hydrocoolers use⟳ mechanical refrigeration. Figure⟳ 26 shows the approximate amount of refrigeration needed for an uninsulated hydrocooler, installed outside.”

“Smaller hydrocooling operations may use⟳ crushed ice rather than mechanical refrigeration to produce⟳ chilled water. Typically, large blocks of ice are transported from an ice plant⟳ to the hydrocooler and then crushed and added to the water reservoir of the hydrocooler.”

“A continuous-flow immersion hydrocooler cools the packaged product by flooding as it is conveyed through a cooling tunnel.”

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