After a devastating fire Creta Farm decided to rebuild and install a
cutting edge energy efficient solution for the production plant in
Crete. The prestigious assignment to design the new cold storage
went to ecoRef in Athens. They designed an indirect cooling
system with R407F and Temper -15 as secondary fluid using
adiabatic Mita technology. The results have exceeded the
expectations with significantly reduced energy costs.
Rethymno Production plant
To comply with the new F-gas regulations and to reduce the energy
consumption, Creta Farm and ecoRef installs a modern secondary
refrigeration system with a high reliability.
The refrigeration installation
The old R22 compressors was in good condition and
could be saved and used in the new installation. The new system
was designed with R407F as the primary refrigerant and Temper
-15 as heat transfer fluid.
The system is water-cooled via a high efficient Mita evaporative
condenser which operates with adiabatic method. Aerodynamic
type of fan blades are used which minimize energy input from the
motors. The motors are directly coupled in the fans minimizing
moving components (less maintenance). Mita electronic
management system controls condensing temperature and
pressure, by continuous calibration of fan speed and water
consumption.
Due to the design of taking into consideration condensing pressure
and outside temperature the system can run in dry mode, wet
mode and mix mode(dry/wet) maximizing energy efficiency and
minimizing water consumption.
A buffer tank of 8m3 stores Temper
-15 at -6 °C and service the refrigerated areas through a set of
electronically con-trolled pumps. The freezer circuit remained a
R407F-DX system with electronic expansion valves and Energy
Efficient Defrosting