Dannon Yogurt New Processing Plant Project

Dannon Yogurt New Processing Plant Project

This 150,000 square feet dairy product manufacturing facility features a
processing and packaging building, separate receiving and pre-pasteurization facilities with associated loading dock and receiving areas, refrigerated and non-refrigerated storage buildings and a separate building for the energy plant for steam, air and refrigeration equipment.

CEI’s refrigeration plant design includes a central ammonia refrigeration system for 150,000,000 pounds per year with some components and lines sized for an expansion to 400,000,000 pounds per year.

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The completed system includes screw compressors with thermosyphon oil cooling, evaporative condensers, high pressure receiver and other high side components, an ice builder and ammonia/propylene glycol plate heat exchangers for process, storage and air-conditioning loads.

A unique feature of this design is that all of the ammonia is contained in the energy plant building. The refrigeration effect supplied to the process,
storage and air-conditioning end use points is via piped chilled water or propylene glycol depending on the temperature required. Thus, the plant is
efficiently refrigerated without the need to pipe ammonia refrigerant into personnel and product areas that are sensitive to a potential ammonia release.