The winner of our inaugural Process Heating & Cooling Innovation Award is Robert J. Ferguson of French Creek Software, Valley Forge, Pa. The award, presented at the 2022 Process Heating & Cooling Show, recognized Rob’s recognizes the result of his life’s work: improving cooling water treatment.

When a large national pizza company wanted to make a change in their ingredient chilling process, their engineers had more stringent requirements. The company’s goals were to ensure that its products were safe and of consistently high quality. 

I have attended several trade shows over the past 60 days that represent many processes in the Industrial heating and industrial cooling markets. The common themes we all are facing are supply chain, workforce and going “green.”

Those who provide the design, engineering and construction for refrigerated food facilities have begun to broaden their approach to consider the entire interconnected, interdependent cooling system.

Food and waste processors are having to think smarter and reimagine their factory footprints to remain competitive.

U.S. food producers waste approximately 40 percent of the end-product before it reaches the final consumer. In total, this number comes out to approximately 36 billion pounds of food. A primary driver of product loss is poor environmental conditions that cause food to spoil or lose quality.

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With the Ecodry 4.0 system, the company’s Microgel, Turbogel and Thermogel process-synchronized mold temperature control units are used to provide an operating temperature range of 41 to 392°C (5 to 200°C).

The AEC High Efficiency Central Chillers are remarkably energy efficient and can save processors up to 60% in electrical costs. The system continuously measures ambient and process conditions and will adjust to operate in the most efficient manner. 

Greenyard Frozen has more than 50 years of experience in providing fresh-frozen fruits and vegetables. At its King’s Lynn production site in the United Kingdom — one of the company’s 10 sites across Europe — Greenyard Frozen needed a robust refrigerant leak detection and notification system.