Maran Organic Supermarket
Planning / Implementation / Main components |
Axima Kältetechnik GmbH |
Refrigerant |
Propane (C3H8) |
System start-up |
2003 |
Maran organic supermarket in Vienna offers its customers high quality, organically grown foods and perishables grown and manufactured without the use of pesticides, preservatives or artificial additives. |
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Demands |
To ensure that it would remain consistent in its environmental friendliness, the supermarket was looking for an environmentally friendly alternative for cooling its refrigerated displays and cabinets. |
Solution |
The Axima Kältetechnik GmbH installed a refrigeration unit that uses the natural refrigerant propane to cool the selling and storage areas. |
Technical data:
Type of facility |
Indirect plant |
Refrigerant |
C3H8 |
Refrigerant volume |
3,8 kg |
Refrigerant |
Glycol water |
Refrigerant capacity |
28 kW |
Main components |
Vaporizer/evaporator, condenser, suction gas heat exchanger, glycol cooler, air cooler, heat recovery, hot water tank |
Special features / Comments |
The machine room with the propane-containing parts of the plant is hermetically sealed and at negative pressure. Propane detectors are used to monitor the ambient air. A desuperheater uses the waste heat to heat industrial water. |
Contact:
Axima Kältetechnik GmbH
Werner Ehrle
Langegasse 19
A-6923 Lauterach
Austria
Phone: +43 (0)5574 67 05 34
Fax: +43 (0)5574 67 05 22
E-Mail: werner.ehrle@at.axiref.com
www.axiref.com/refat