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FEATURE
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
Some of the pipework that feeds the system.
THE FINAL PRODUCT
This system produces a great mix between
traditional ice bank design with a coil in
tank while incorporating modern energy
saving and control systems to bring this
concept into the modern era.
This system will add a major load
of electrical power usage to their
operation, with a peak kVA draw of as
high as 200kVA, however the product
that is being chilled is now being chilled
far quicker and more directly than
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Installation of the Evapco cooling tower.
the previous cold room air cooling flood back to the compressor and of chambers faster and tests began
approach, so in this sense the kW cooling course the main trump card to a system immediately to assess the improvement in
will be more efficiently directed to the like this is the ability to store cooling in shelf by cooling the meat quicker showing
product saving on energy usage while the form of ice which can later be used results of up to five days more shelf life.
also increasing production potential at during peak times when the electrical grid the facility and extending product shelf is under strain and tariffs are as much as CONCLUSION
life too. three times higher than standard periods. These plants require very little
Evaporative cooled condensing
maintenance, however, to be on the
reduces COP from a traditional air-cooled CLIENT FEEDBACK approach by 35%. Electronic expansion As soon as the system went live the a month with a service level agreement
valves ensure that suction pressures are client was able to increase production being signed to keep it running for
as high as possible without having liquid by moving product through the cooling decades to come.
safer side this unit will be inspected once
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January/February 2020