The leading manufacturer in plate heat exchanger technology has developed a program to visualise the influence of differing pasteurizer heat recovery rates on investment costs, energy savings and CO2 emissions.
The decisive factor here is that the reciprocal effects of all components are taken into consideration. To this end, the specific performance characteristics and energy data of all commercially available pumps, compressors and the GEA plate heat exchangers are stored in a database. The fourth parameter is the gas price and this is also entered into the computation. At the touch of a button the program compares all of the available parameters with each other and analyses which pasteurizer is the ideal component to guarantee the best possible energy efficiency.
The plate heat exchangers from GEA PHE Systems enable recovery of up to 96% of the energy input into the process. However, the highest heat recovery rate does not necessarily mean the best possible energy efficiency. Not to mention investment and running costs. And this is exactly what the database program demonstrates in a very clear way.
The program was originally developed exclusively for internal use to offer plant engineers and their customers the optimum solution to meet specific customer requirements under realistic conditions, and not just in consideration of what is technologically possible.