Cooling and Freezing for World’s largest land-based trout farm
FACTS
End-user: Hima Seafood
Contractor: MMC First Process
Segment: Food & Beverage Processing
Background: New modern and energy-efficient farm and processing facilities
Products: SteelXL with chiller
About the project:
- 320-meter-long facility, with a floor area of around 27,000 square meters over two stories
- 150 tonnes of trout a week, 8,000 tonnes yearly
- Heating from excess heating from nearby data center
Read more about the project here.
Requirements
- Natural refrigerant CO2 rather than ammonia
- Ensure high food quality with a reliable system that keeps water temperature constant
- Short lead time
Solution
- SteelXL with Chiller Module
- 363 kW @ -2°C
- 170 kW at -33°C
- Cooling for the fish pools, storage and production facilities
- Freezing for the flake ice machine producing 30 tonnes of ice per day
- Commissioning with training