This paper presented an industrial application of CFD to an operational cold store for the long-term storage of fruits and vegetables, in which the airflow pattern was investigated. Flexibility has been built in the CFD model with an additional model for the cooler unit. With an average different of 26% between calculated and measured velocities, it becomes only possible to have a qualitative insight into the air¯ow pattern for different product stacks, differrent fan rotation speeds and different room designs, without the need for additional experimental determination of boundary conditions for the velocity. The main deficiencies of the
air¯ow pattern, which cause quality losses in a ventilated space, can be investigated. However, the limited
accuracy of the present air¯ow calculations will not be
sucient to perform detailed calculations of product
quality evolution as aected by a cold air¯ow during
long-term storage.