Cognis Australia is another satisfied customer of Summit Matsu chilling system which has been used by them to keep their brine shrimp frozen at a constant temperature of 18 degrees celsius.
Cognis Australia’s Hutt lagoon site is located 600 km north of Perth, near Port Gregory, and has been thought of as the biggest algae farm in the world. This Hutt lagoon has 400 hectares of salt lakes, and is said to be the only site in Australia for this particular range. The farm harvests and seizes natural beta carotene and other carotenoids which are then purified, refined, and concentrated to create a higher grade product. The site is working 7 days a week, encompassing a TGA – GMP license and is environmentally sustainable undertaking processes that do not use petrochemical solvents.
Given the location of the Cognis Hutt Lagoon, where temperatures often reach over than 40 degrees celsius it became quite a challenge for them to maintain a temperature of 18 degrees celsius to keep their brine shrimp frozen. As a result of the uncontrollable external conditions, Cognis required a chiller to replace the current one which was unable to work effectively to meet their needs given the highly corrosive West Australian location. That’s where Summit Matsu come in, as an Australian manufacturer of reliable chilling systems with more that 45 year’s of experience in the industry a chiller was able to be made that was reliable, and that was specifically designed to work in even the most unthinkable corrosive environment.
The chiller designed for Cognis Hutt lagoon was a 125kW air cooled chiller which contained twin Refcomp reciprocating refrigeration compressors which is now used to keep the 20 foot reefer container that the frozen brine shrimp are kept in at a constant temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. Given the location the chiller had to be installed in where there are high levels of salt in the air which ends up covering the exterior of the chilling equipment, a durable design and build was critical. Con Mees a representative from the Hutt lagoon site said the chiller “Showed no signs of wanting to break down” demonstrating the ability these chillers have to survive corrosive environments. As the industry depends upon the chillers being reliable and unlikely to fail in order to ensure the shrimp harvest is not ruined it is therefore important that the chilling equipment can be relied on all the time.
Given that Summit Matsu Chilling systems are located in Australia, like Cognis Hutt Lagoon, it makes it easy to communicate and keep in touch about any matters related to the chiller. It is also convenient to ensure that the chiller continues to work reliably to the best of its ability, as the same engineers that made the chiller are able to be contacted if any problems arise and use their expert knowledge to quickly solve any problems so that Cognis Hutt are ensured that their business can keep functioning. Summit Matsu use only the best parts to manufacture their chillers and always update when customizing to meet the new needs for their customers to ensure reliability of their chillers.
Author Resource:
Daniel Rollston is the General Manager for the Australian chiller manufacturer Summit Matsu Chilling Systems. The Company manufactures and distributes water chillers Australia wide and also commission and service 2kW to 1200kW chillers Australia wide and throughout the Middle East. Further details can be found at: http://www.matsu.com .au http://www.matsu.com .au Tel (AUST): 1300 CHILLERS (1300 244 553) Tel: +61 2 9698 4666 Fax: +61 2 9698 4688
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