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Probiotic Production Cooling via 2,600 kWh IceBat Cold Battery System

Application:

A nominal capacity 2,600kWh IceBat Cold Battery Thermal Energy Storage system has been installed at this Probiotic plant providing primary cooling to the facility.

This installation, within the resilience & peak demand cold battery application sector, provides an innovative and efficient Cold Battery System to deliver primary cooling capacity to the plant.

Temperature control is clearly essential and critical within Probiotic/Dairy facilities in order to ensure efficient production is maintained.

In this application the IceBat is a critical component within the cooling system design providing primary daytime peak demand capacity (2 x peaks) charged overnight by the incumbent chillers.

Additionally, the IceBat enables load shifting from heat to cooling enabling efficiency improvements to be made in terms of energy & carbon savings with a positive impact on operational cost reduction.

 

PURE EFFICIENCY | PURE SUSTAINABILITY | PURE SAVINGS
  1. The process demands two strong cooling duty peaks of 2275kW and 1850kW which are delivered by the IceBat on a charge/use/recharge operating strategy.
  2. Probiotic plants/Pharmaceutical processes and Dairy facilities must maintain process cooling temperatures, and this is exactly where the IceBat delivers by providing reliable primary cooling capacity during high demand process periods.
  3. This mimises the required installed chiller kW capacity and smooths production peaks which enables the chiller/cooling plant to recharge the battery during low electricity cost/carbon tariff periods.
  4. Additional cooling duty is provided by the Ice bat Cold Battery to support the cooling system plant during low demand periods as well as providing resilient/standby cooling capacity 365 days per year.
  5. The IceBat also importantly reduces carbon emissions and achieves energy cost savings by using flex tariff/low cost/low carbon input electricity to re charge, this means that cooling capacity can be produced during the most optimal cost & carbon saving periods.

For these reasons the IceBat Cold Battery is a practical and sensible option which provides on demand cooling for several hours per day and recharged by the incumbent chillers overnight.

This type of operation also minimises the required chiller capacity and its associated electrical supply which delivers significant savings for the user.

IceBat Cold Battery Thermal energy storage systems, are economical and sustainable, enable a reduction of up to 60% in the power installed and drawn from the networks, maximise the self-consumption of carbon-free energy and optimise the building’s energy bill.

Equipment schedule:

IceBat storage system model: ICEBAT UW

IceBat Cold Battery capacity: 2,600 kWh

Summary:

This application is a great example of a critical project where the conventional method of delivering cooling to meet peak demands was significantly improved by the inclusion of IceBat Cold Battery system.

This application demonstrates how IceBat is able to provide reliable, high-quality cold thermal energy stored energy tailored to the clients most critical needs.

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