Saturday, October 1, 2011

Challenges of Refrigeration Plant


Challenges of Refrigeration Plant

by 
Anthony Macabenta




Maintain product temperature.
Provide an informative, yet easy to use system.
Provide remote access.
Do all possible with a cost effective operation.
Provide energy efficient systems.

Energy consumption is by far the largest cost center of a Refrigerant plant.

Stiff climb in the price of electricity.
Refrigeration systems are powered by motors which consume much of electricity.
Refrigerant plant run most of the time at part load.
Price of frequency controllers has dropped makes it very worth while.
Frequency controller can sometimes push the savings even further.

Refrigeration compressor with VFD’s

Energy savings are significant on higher compression ratios at part load.
Rapid response to rapid load change without wearing the slide valve.
Low noise at low speeds. — with Nepthali Alger Botor.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for this interesting and informative article. These tips really give the good results when we are implementing.

    Refrigeration Equipment

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