MSP MAGAZINE Issue 48

SPOTLIGHT
reating
A MORE
RESILIENT AND
SUSTAINABLE
FOOD SYSTEM
Reducing Energy, Waste
and Water Consumption
The world’s population is
projected to reach 9.8 billion
by 2050, so the demand for food
products, already high, is expected
to grow even higher. Increased
population levels and consumer
demand for a greater diversity of
products has led to the introduction
of previously regional flavours to
new markets. The greater volume
of production during the food
manufacturing process leads to
increased pollution and waste
levels but combined with the
inefficiencies when developing
and producing new products and/
or variations, creating a more
sustainable food system becomes
all the more urgent.
To address this, many industrial
food manufacturers are adopting
more efficient and sustainable
production methods to increase
profits, as well as to comply with
legislative changes around climate
change. For example, PepsiCo,
Inc. recently announced they
are accelerating their efforts to
reduce absolute greenhouse gas
emissions more than 40% by the
end of the decade.
Heat and Control® is committed
to creating a more resilient and
sustainable food system, and
a primary area where their R&D
teams are exploring is by reducing
carbon emissions. They have
been developing new approaches
and enhancing existing methods
of use to create innovative
solutions around water and energy
reduction technology, waste
treatment/reductions, utilisation
of reclaimed or reused material,
and ways to be environmentally
friendly. A key challenge is
reducing waste and pollution while
at the same time finding ways
to improve equipment design to
increase production efficiencies
both in the equipment and in the
manufacturing process.
ENERGY SAVINGS AND
POLLUTION REDUCTION
Heat and Control has developed
several heat exchangers that
combine the incineration of
fryer exhaust pollutants with
high-efficiency oil heating to
help processors meet emission
control regulations. Also, many
of their snack systems are now
complemented with energy saving
and pollution control systems.
The KleenHeat® Pollution Control
Heat Exchanger incinerates and
removes virtually all odours,
oil, and other particulates from
fryer stack exhaust that would
normally pollute the air and the
area around a production plant.
The company’s latest graduated
density oil heating tube bundle
provides 10% greater thermal
efficiency than existing models
and is fully compliant with
international standards, including
US, EC and Australian regulations.
Designing innovative ways to
reuse previously exhausted waste
gases can increase production
efficiency and save energy costs
while reducing carbon emissions.
The Heat and Control Heat
Exchanger with combustion air
pre-heater (and Booster Heater)
can preheat cooking oil to boost
fryer production up to 11–15%
with no extra fuel consumption, up
to 85% thermal efficiency.
42 | FEBRUARY/MARCH 2021 | MSP Magazine