Case studies

Maran Organic Supermarket


Planning / Implementation / Main components

Axima Kältetechnik GmbH

Refrigerant

Propane (C3H8)

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.

Demands

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:

 

Type of facility

Indirect plant

Refrigerant

C3H8

Refrigerant volume

3,8 kg

Refrigerant

Glycol water

Refrigerant capacity

28 kW

Main components

Vaporizer/evaporator, condenser, suction gas heat exchanger, glycol cooler, air cooler, heat recovery, hot water tank

Special features / Comments

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.

Contact:

Axima Kältetechnik GmbH
Werner Ehrle
Langegasse 19
A-6923 Lauterach
Austria
Phone: +43 (0)5574 67 05 34
Fax: +43 (0)5574 67 05 22
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