How to achieve Food Grade Nitrogen with onsite generation
United Air Power Ltd( UAP) were established 26 years ago, specialising in Compressed Air, Nitrogen Generation and Process Cooling. Working within a wide range of industries UAP offers bespoke, reliable solutions.
Nitrogen gas plays an important role in the food industry from process to packaging. By replacing the oxygen with nitrogen, food will have a longer shelf life and the‘ just-made’ flavour and appearance can be maintained.
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When tasked to provide a reliable source of Food Grade Nitrogen Gas for food production, reliability of supply can create logistical difficulties along with procedures that must be established to monitor and manage the utility. Additionally, safety and handling concerns need to be considered. The cost of addressing these issues can be high and difficult to budget for, while the market price of Nitrogen gas and supplier rates change continually. The environmental impact of truckbased deliveries is another important consideration for carbon footprint reduction.
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The ideal solution lies in a range of UAP on-site gas generation systems which UAP can design, supply and install, to meet the customer’ s specific needs. This enables users to produce their Food Grade Nitrogen gas on demand on the premises, under their complete control. As a result, companies can generate as much or as little nitrogen as needed, at a fraction of the cost, thereby profitably and sustainably supporting all of the production requirements.
Why on-site gas generation offers a better solution
On-site nitrogen generation separates nitrogen from compressed air for use directly at the user’ s location. Our on-site nitrogen generation system being modular in design, offers a range of output flows from a few litres per minute to in excess of 130 m3 / h from a single module!
The UAP integrated nitrogen generation system pre-treats the air from a standard industrial compressor which is then essentially“ sieved” so that oxygen and other trace gases are removed, while nitrogen is allowed to pass through to the application as the product gas. Air separation is not a new idea, but the radical Pressure Swing Adsorption( PSA) design and control systems employed on the Parker NITROSource Plus nitrogen
Nitrogen gas plays an important role in the food industry from process to packaging.
generator range has maximised Nitrogen output and reduced compressed air consumption to achieve even higher levels of efficiency than before.
Rapid Payback The sector leading Parker NITROSource nitrogen generation system can reduce costs by up to 90 % when compared to traditional methods of supply with a payback period on capital investment typically being achieved within 12- 24 months. Any safety concerns associated with bulk liquid storage or manual handling and changing of heavy high-pressure cylinders are also eliminated.
Exceeding Food Grade Quality Standards Using the latest Parker nitrogen generation technology, UAP can design, install and maintain tailor-made solutions to meet the customers nitrogen gas demands. The NITROSource Plus equipment at the heart of our on-site generation systems carry full third-party validation ensuring the generated nitrogen gas not only meets the food grade standards, but in fact exceeds the quality required. These fully scalable systems provide a low cost, safe and efficient continuous source of N2 food grade gas on demand.
For further information and a free no obligation gas survey contact UAP for details.