Innovation in energy savings in industrial refrigeration

Industrial refrigeration represents a significant cost for businesses, but it also represents a potential for energy savings. To achieve this, it is necessary to apply best practices, to choose the right equipment and use it correctly. The production of cold represents a significant cost for the agri-food sector, which can run as high as 50% of the electricity bill. Industrial refrigeration represents 4% of French electricity consumption and almost 7% of the national consumption of electricity. The agri-food sector alone consumes 57% of the electricity devoted to cold production.In addition, refrigeration equipment has a double impact on the greenhouse effect: due not only to the energy consumption that it requires, but also to the fact that they operate with fluid refrigerants. These fluids (CFC, HCFC and HFC) have a global warming power that is 1300 times higher than CO2. In France they are responsible for 5.8% of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to reduce energy consumption, two avenues must be explored:- The facilities must be well sized by the refrigeration engineer, who must obtain the best performance. - The user must ensure the sustainability of efficient operation over time.- The potential for energy savings in the field of industrial refrigeration represents an average gain of 20%. A diagnosis of the installation will reveal the potential for energy savings related to the use of refrigeration in an industrial environment and will then consider the actions to be taken according to their cost and profitability. A methodology of energy diagnosis for industrial refrigeration installations has been developed by ATEE.   About Nature HDCOLDNATURE HDCOLD, by Quercy Réfrigération, is an integrated regulation system which do not requires any humidification system.It has been created for cooling and preserving fruits and vegetables with innovative way. The air cooler is designed and it is available to work with a dedicated regulation system.NATURE HDCOLD comes with blow-throw EC fan motors with optimized air distribution and humidity control coil design. The NATURE HDCOLD way allow you to keep your fresh products for long time without chemical additive and weight loss.  More information