Temperature under control at winery

One of the UK’s largest wine producers has upgraded its cooling facilities to replace the now obsolete R22 refrigerant, using rental equipment to maintain processes while the winery upgrades its temperature control to a heat pump chiller.

Temperature control specialist ICS Cool Energy is carrying out the work.

Russ Baker, UK sales director of the company’s hire division, says, “Our rental team carried out a thorough review of the winery’s requirements as well as the options for connectivity, before recommending and supplying an iC535 air cooled chiller.

“The new unit’s efficiency offers ten per cent higher duty than the redundant chiller plant whilst operating from the same power source; it provides an energy efficient alternative to the previous system, which operated using R22 refrigerant, which has been banned under legislation that came into force at the beginning of 2015.

“The new cooling plant seamlessly connects to the site’s three 15,000 litre jacketed vessels to maintain production levels. Once the process is complete, the product is transferred to casks, where it begins the ageing process.”