Choosing a primary refrigerant for use in the dairy industry

摘要

Most processing factories use water or brine as a secondary refrigerant to keep their plants cool, but the choice widens when it comes to primary refrigerants, as do the environmental benefits. According to Tony Kimpton, from industrial refrigerationequipment manufacturers, GEA Grasso, choosing the wrong type of refrigerant may make your equipment obsolete far earlier than expected. Primary refrigerants are the working fluids inside the chillers and ice tanks that produce the cold water, ice or brine for secondary refrigeration. Primary refrigerants can also be used directly, without water or brine. In some applications including on - farm milk vat cooling and cheese maturing rooms, the primary refrigerant provides the required cooling directly.