STAR NETS A 25% ENERGY SAVING FOR SEAFOOD FIRM

A Scottish seafood processor has cut over 25% from its annual energy bill by investing in a high efficiency cooling system from Star Refrigeration.

Braehead (SFO Enterprises), a seafood processing company run by the Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation (SFO), processes and supplies fresh and frozen Scottish shellfish to retail and food service markets across Europe.

The company was looking for an energy efficient and environmentally conscious cooling system to replace aging refrigeration at its langoustine processing facility in Fraserburgh, north-east Scotland.

A world leader in cooling and heating system innovation, Glasgow-based Star designed and supplied a bespoke multi-temperature refrigeration plant, supplying a total of 460kW of cooling to three cold store chambers, an in-line freezing tunnel and a blast freezer.

Star handled the removal of the existing R22 plant and installed a single stage economised pumped circulation cooling system, with two Star built compressors and a surge drum/economiser package, all operating on natural ammonia refrigerant.

Star’s Operations Director, John Fraser says: “Star’s low charge ammonia plant uses an environmentally benign refrigerant in terms of global warming and ozone depletion. Highly efficient operation was key to the plant’s design and an advanced control system ensures an energy saving, low carbon cooling solution. We’re delighted that the client’s energy bills are less than 75% of the previous cost.”

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