Case studies

Eco-friendly CO2 Refrigeration Plant for S-Market, Finland


Supplier:

Alfa Laval

Refrigerant:

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Refrigerant Capacity:

130 kW / 25 kW

System start-up:

2012

 

Demands:

S-Market from Finland required a new refrigeration solution for different cold rooms, in which different fresh products are stored. In order to cool fish, chicken, ready-food, fruit and vegetables each at different temperatures, diverse refrigeration plants were needed. Moreover, high activity in the cold and freezing room demanded an increased airflow.

 

Solution:

Alfa Laval supplied CO2 unit coolers used in the supermarket and brazed heat exchanger for an environmentally friendly and very efficient refrigeration plant which cools different cold rooms and a freezing room, using Carbon Dioxide as refrigerant. The refrigeration plant operates at -20°C to -18°C in the freezing room and at different temperatures in the diverse cold rooms:

 

Fish cold room: 0°C to -2°C
Chicken cold room: 0°C to -2°C
Ready-food cold room: 3°C to 5°C
Fruit and vegetable cold room: 6°C to 8°C
Three coolers in the terminal area: 2°C to 4°C