Gulf Chemical Commissions Custom Water-Cooled Packaged Chiller Solution


Berg Chilling's Cost Effective, Energy Efficient Industrial Applications Chosen

TORONTO, ONTARIO Spring, 2010// - Berg Chilling, a pioneering designer and manufacturer of custom and portable chillers for world-wide sales and distribution, was selected by Gulf Chemical to provide two chillers capable of pre-cooling a wet CO2 gas stream, removing condensed moisture and liquefying the gas for storage. Custom solutions met Gulf Chemical's precise application needs.

"We're willing and more than able to deliver solutions that push us. Over our almost 40 years, we've been the architect of solutions where none were thought to exist," explains Chris West, P.Eng. "We confidently approach jobs we know our competition won't touch. In fact, we've served clients in over 50 countries. "

Meeting The Need

For the first stage, Berg supplied a water-cooled packaged chiller with moisture separator and reheater. Saturated SO2 gas is cooled which causes the water vapour to condense. The moisture is then entrained in the moisture separator while the SO2 gas is reheated using the heat rejected from the compressor to re-evaporate any remaining moisture.

At that point, the gas then flows through a desiccant drier before being liquefied in a separate chiller. Since desiccant adds heat, the CO2 had to be cooled down again to liquid so it could be stored. In the second stage, the cooling system comprised an air-cooled packaged chiller designed to cool the SO2 for long-term storage and transportation. There are two operating modes: condensing SO2 gas from process and sub-cooling SO2 liquid recirculated from the storage tank.

"For this client, SO2 is a by-product of their process. And normally it would have vented to the atmosphere but now they are able to recover it and put it into a form that can be sold," West points out. "Once the CO2 is liquefied, it can be sold to make environmentally friendly fertilizer. As you can imagine, there's a big demand for CO2 and for this process in particular. Our clients have the added assurance that every Berg solution is rigorously tested against the toughest quality control standards in the industry."

About Berg:

From their Toronto based manufacturing facility, their product range is as diverse as the industries they serve. Products include: Portable, Packaged and Central Chillers; Pumping Packages and systems; Cooling Towers; Industrial Icemakers; Environmental Test Chambers; and Marine Refrigeration, all of which are available in various sizes and configurations to meet specific application requirements and including classified (Explosion Proof) and unclassified environments.

Berg Chilling Contact: Chris West, P.Eng. via email at cwest@berg-group.com or phone him at 416- 755-2221 extension 807. Visit the company website at berg-group.com

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