M+P Frozen Foods

Bielefeld-based M+P Frozen Foods commissioned YORK to construct an environmentally friendly and economical refrigeration plant for freezing and storing frozen meals.

Requirements

The task at hand was to build an innovative plant for quickly freezing and storing ready-to-serve meals using a safe, economical and environmentally friendly process. In addition, the freezing time should be as short as possible, in order to maximise product quality and system performance.

Solution

In order to meet all the specifications, YORK developed a cascade refrigeration plant using the refrigerants ammonia and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide used within the production facility is inexpensive, non-perishable, chemically inactive, non-combustible and has no ozone-depleting potential. Ammonia is used only outside the factory, so that in case of leakage, neither the staff nor the food being cooled would be affected. To minimize the impact on the manufacturing process, the facility was prefabricated in a container that serves as a plant room. The new facility equally meets environmental and economic objectives.