CO2
Secondery Refrigerant
CO2 as brine
When CO2 is used as brine, it is pumped over the circuit towards the various users. This solution has numerous advantages:- Guaranteed hygiene and safety conditions: CO2 is a non toxic, non flammable refrigerant. Moreover it is of food quality grade: in case it gets in contact with food, the products are not damaged and remain suitable for consumption.
- Cost reduction of the piping network compared to a traditional brine system thanks to CO2 thermo-physical properties and lower required flow rate (according pipes, diameters are reduced from 50 to 300%).
- Running cost reduction: For CO2 viscosity is much lower than other brines, such as glycol water, the pump and related electrical consumption are lower.
- Nice steadiness of product or air temperature and lower electrical consumption: As CO2 evaporates at steady temperature, it allows to get a uniform temperature all over the users. The refrigeration unit which is used to condense CO2 is operated with a lower compression rate, thus installed electrical power and electrical consumption are lowered.
- Safety and environment preservation: Whatever the refrigerant is, to condense CO2, either HFC or NH3, its quantity is drastically reduced compared to a standard solution using directly the refrigerant up to the users. Other advantage: there are less potentially leaking points and the refrigerant load is confined in one single location.
Today, with 5 years experience and more than 40 references all over Europe, using CO2 as brine or refrigerant, Axima Réfrigération certainly is the ideal partner to look for the most suitable solution for your application or environment. Our department “Service and industrial applications” is at your service to introduce you this technology in more details, organise a visit on a running plant, and provide you our references’list.
