Carbon dioxide (CO2) for the food processing and cold storage industries.

Type of article: Article, Case study

Summary

The paper provides examples of possible applications in the industrial food processing and cold storage industries such as industrial air conditioning, dairy, chilled and frozen food, meat, ice cream, freeze drying and so on. CO2 is mainly used as: a volatile secondary refrigerant by condensing CO2 vapour in a PHX using a conventional two stage, single stage or economized ammonia system; a CO2 to NH3 cascade system with CO2 at say -55 to -8 °C and NH3 at say -10/35 °C; a two stage CO2 system in the future where the supercritical discharge pressures can provide the temperature glide for reasonable quality heat recovery.

Details

Original title: Carbon dioxide (CO2) for the food processing and cold storage industries.
Record ID : 2003-0635
Languages: English
Source: EcoLibrium - vol. 1 - n. 5
Publication date: 2002/06
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Indexing

Themes: Refrigeration and perishable products: general information;
CO2
Keywords: Food industry; Case study; Refrigerant; CO2