Eco-friendly CO2 Refrigeration Plant for S-Market, Finland

Supplier

Alfa Laval

Refrigerant

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Refrigerant Capacity

130 kW / 25 kW

System start-up

2012

 

Demands:

S-Market from Finland required a new refrigeration solution for different cold rooms, in which different fresh products are stored. In order to cool fish, chicken, ready-food, fruit and vegetables each at different temperatures, diverse refrigeration plants were needed. Moreover, high activity in the cold and freezing room demanded an increased airflow.

 

Solution:

Alfa Laval supplied CO2 unit coolers used in the supermarket and brazed heat exchanger for an environmentally friendly and very efficient refrigeration plant which cools different cold rooms and a freezing room, using Carbon Dioxide as refrigerant. The refrigeration plant operates at -20°C to -18°C in the freezing room and at different temperatures in the diverse cold rooms:

 

Fish cold room: 0°C to -2°C
Chicken cold room: 0°C to -2°C
Ready-food cold room: 3°C to 5°C
Fruit and vegetable cold room: 6°C to 8°C
Three coolers in the terminal area: 2°C to 4°C

Technical data:

Type of facility:

Cold storage rooms

Refrigerant:

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Refrigerant capacity:

200 kg per unit

Evaporation temperature:

-8°C / -35°C

Condensation temperature:

32°C / -8°C

Main components:

An Optigo CC air heat exchanger in the freezer and Optigo CD coolers in the fish, chicken, ready-food, fruit and vegetable cold storage

Contact:

Hannu Viikilä
Segment Manager, Refrigeration
Tel direct: +358 9 804 04517 - Mobile: +358 400 445 422
hannu.viikila@alfalaval.com
Contact me on MS Lync/Communicator: sip:hannu.viikila@alfalaval.com

Alfa Laval Nordic Oy
P O Box 51 - 02271 Espoo - Finland
Visit: Luoteisrinne 4 C - 02270 Espoo
Tel switchboard: +358 9 804 041 - Fax switchboard: +358 9 804 28 42
www.alfalaval.fi - info.fi@alfalaval.com