Springs Market- Banana Ripening Rooms
Project description
- Lutz installed full cooling and ripening systems including Ethylene gas injection, extract air and controls there of.
- 2 x water chillers ~ 110 kW Each, chilled water cooling approach to reduce product drying and increase energy efficiency.
- Stainless steel cooling water coils for longer life span.
- Air curtains to direct air through pallets in centre of room correctly.
- Full remote Plant monitoring computer system.
- Email alarm system to alert if any alarm states occur (trips, temperature faults etc).
- Ethylene gas injected from bottles into rooms via pipes lines and solenoids with full monitoring and alarms for refill and bottle changeover.
- CO2 gas extraction system to remove harmful gasses.
For a more in depth description and technical details refer cold link article on this project below.
VSDs are used to save energy on chilled water pumping
View on Ripening room area
Ethylene Ripening gas injected into rooms via gas lines and solenoids.
VSDs are used to save energy on chilled water pumping