Case study
Maran Organic Supermarket
Refrigeration unit that uses propane to cool the selling and storage areas
Key information
Client:
Maran Organic Supermarket
Supplier:
Axima Kältetechnik GmbH
Type of facility:
Indirect plant
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.
Requirements
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
Cooling capacity:
28 kW
Refrigerant volume:
3,8 kg
Main components:
Vaporizer/evaporator, condenser, suction gas heat exchanger, glycol cooler, air cooler, heat recovery, hot water tank
Special features:
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.
