ACR Journal

October | November 2021 REFRIGERANTS 30 Dave Palmer, general manager for UK and Ireland at ICS Cool Energy, highlights the considerations that the food and beverage industry must take to transition to low GWP, HFO-based cooling systems. Making the right choice: comparing HFO-based systems to ammonia for process cooling Volume 7 No.6 For the manufacturing industry, the importance of high performing, energy-e cient and sustainable process cooling solutions is, of course, nothing new. Manufacturing companies need to balance the rising costs and energy emissions of the plant while at the same time maintaining product quality and process e ciency. This is particularly important in processes such as food and dairy manufacturers, breweries, soft drinks production, and chemical and pharmaceutical industries, where manufacturers must live up to a plethora of standards and regulations related to the quality of the end products. As with all stringent standards, they add to costs, energy consumption and ultimately make life harder for people looking for ways to reduce the Total Life Cycle Cost of their investments. In addition, reducing the emissions and energy use of operations is also under the increased attention of policymakers, adding to the pressures of the manufacturing industries. New ways for quality process cooling This all serves to focus the attention of the process cooling industry to drive innovation and meet the call for new ways of providing quality, high-performing and sustainable process cooling. As a result, new technologies and techniques emerge that allow companies to contain their costs Dave Palmer