There is no denying that the economic landscape has shifted in the past couple of years. An increased need for cold storage facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing, food prcoessing, warehousing and distribution has elevated the global demand for industrial refrigeration solutions. Moving forward, it is possible to safely and efficiently adopt CO₂ sytems while realizing benefits.

Natural refrigerants deserve to be a bigger part of the climate-saving solution. CO2 has the potential to be as common of a refrigerant as R404A is today, at least for industrial process refrigeration systems.

M&M Carnot, a Source Capital LLC platform company, has acquired Logix, a Seattle-area controls manufacturer serving the industrial refrigeration market with controls for wineries, cold storage warehouses, distribution centers, and processing plants. 

Packaged in containers from 5 to 265 gallons, the premixed solution of chlorine dioxide product is a 99.7 percent pure, pH-neutral solution intended for low demand or trial applications. 

In the world of process cooling and freezing, there are diverse operations and needs. As such, selecting equipment appropriate to the application is essential if you are to achieve good results.

Linde started up a new carbon dioxide (CO₂) plant in Freeport, Texas, that will recycle the crude CO₂ supplied from an MEGlobal process. The crude CO₂ will be purified and liquefied into commercial grades to serve customers in a variety of industries, including food and beverage, where it is used to carbonate drinks, as well as to freeze, chill, preserve and package food.

When it came time for one large fishing trawler to replace its on-site refrigerating plant, there were two solutions based on natural refrigerants: an ammonia system or a CO₂ system. Global Seas opted for a CO₂ system from Seattle-based Highland Refrigeration for its 148’ long Northern Defender. 

As the cost of refrigerant has increased during the past several years, detecting and preventing leaks, and reducing refrigerant emissions, have become high priorities for large chilling plants, food processing plants and cold-storage facilities, among others. In order to do this, refrigerant management through effective leak detection and refrigerant tracking is essential.