Poultry Processor Cuts Costs with Efficient Waste Heat Recovery
Energy costs are significant for poultry processors. For example, one of Chile’s leading poultry processors relied on boilers to heat up to 350 gallons per minute of well water for their sanitation needs. At the same time, heat was being removed from the poultry being processed and discharged to the environment. As a result, the poultry processor was spending money to buy heat while spending money to waste heat. But, if they could capture the waste heat from processing, they might be able to use it to heat the water.
This poultry processor wanted the highest coefficient of performance (COP) possible and a technology solution with low annual operating and maintenance costs. The system needed to use a non-ozone depleting refrigerant with little global warming impact.