Case study
Recheis Teigwaren
Conditioned storehouses, regular and deep-freeze storehouses and a combined spiral/freezer-cooler
Key information
Client:
Recheis Teigwaren GmbH
Supplier:
KWN Engineering-Gesellschaft mbH
Type of facility:
Flooded NH3 plant CO2 direct expansion in cascade
System start-up:
2004
For the manufacturing of filled fresh and frozen pasta, and to store the raw materials that go into them, the Austrian market leader Recheis Teigwaren GmbH required conditioned storehouses, regular and deep-freeze storehouses and a combined spiral/freezer-cooler.
Requirement
The company required an economical and environmentally friendly refrigeration facility that complies with Austria's F-Gases regulation.
Solution
To furnish all the cold energy demand without using HFCs, the KWN Engineering-Gesellschaft mbH designed a refrigeration facility using the natural refrigerant ammonia. A carbon dioxide-cascade was additionally installed for the deep-freeze storehouse and the spiral freezer and cooler.
Technical data
Cooling capacity:
325 kW NH3 plant 110 kW CO2 plant
Refrigerant volume:
460 kg NH3 / 135 kg CO2
Main components:
4 piston compressors NH3 plant
3 piston compressors CO2 plant
