Food production facility, Cheshire

Integral have provided a multi temperature single stage pumped ammonia industrial refrigeration plant to serve a brand new 60,000ft² food production facility in the North West of England. With a wide range of operating room / air temperatures for various processes, Integral made use of multi-compressor packaged solutions in order to maintain highest levels of efficiency, whilst minimising payback periods. Plant standby and resiliency optimised through plant selection to keep the plant running 24/7, 365 days a year. The production facility went into operation in March 2018 and looks set to be their most energy efficient plant installed to date.

Scope of works:

• Industrial ammonia refrigeration plant
• Variable speed screw compressors
• Air cooled condensers with floating head pressure control
• Air purger
• Critically charged
• Surge drum / pump separator packages each c/w duty / standby ammonia pumps
• Air coolers serving 1.4MW total cooling (+2°C chill store
• -5°C spiral chillers
• -18°C freezer cold store)
• Hot gas defrost system
• Leak detection system
• Plant room safety equipment and ventilation
• Remote dial in/out access and Commissioning