ShareUnique flow ice application in Tasmania
A Flow Ice generator, built by Pam Refrigeration in Cape Town, is now in use for the rapid cooling of freshly caught salmon in road tankers for a Tasmanian salmon farm.
A Flow Ice generator, built by Pam Refrigeration in Cape Town, is now in use for the rapid cooling of freshly caught salmon in road tankers for a Tasmanian salmon farm.
Road tankers charged with slurry are driven onto a barge which travels to salmon breeding pens 32km from the truck landing. The salmon is automatically harvested from circular breeding pens and sucked by vacuum pump to an onboard culling machine.
Once filled the barge returns to the coast where, after being driven off the barge, the remaining space in the tanker is filled with slurry to stabilise the vehicle for the journey to the processing plant.
The change from flake ice to Flow Ice has lowered the fish storage temperature from 4-5°C to 0°C and the cooling rate is much quicker after culling because of the fish being fully immersed in the slurry.
Road tankers charged with slurry are driven onto a barge which travels to salmon breeding pens 32km from the truck landing. The salmon is automatically harvested from circular breeding pens and sucked by vacuum pump to an onboard culling machine.
Once filled the barge returns to the coast where, after being driven off the barge, the remaining space in the tanker is filled with slurry to stabilise the vehicle for the journey to the processing plant.
The change from flake ice to Flow Ice has lowered the fish storage temperature from 4-5°C to 0°C and the cooling rate is much quicker after culling because of the fish being fully immersed in the slurry.