Two KTI ice plants, including ice storage and pneumatic ice conveying, were commissioned at a leading German chemical producer. The old existing plant was replaced. The quality of the final product was further improved by increased process stability. Back in 2013, KTI was able to help a large chemical producer with a temporary solution for the production and storage of ice. As the old plant failed, a remedy had to be found quickly. Due to the containerized design of KTI ice plants, KTI ice storage and other accessories, ice production could be set up immediately on site and the process could be supplied with flake ice. Our customer was so enthusiastic that already in the following year a new ice production was built at the site. Here, only KTI solutions were used, which are perfectly coordinated with each other and thus offer a high degree of process reliability. Redundancy was also taken into account in order to increase production capacities at short notice but also to bridge maintenance periods. The installed ice conveyor was equipped with air coolers and a weighing system. An “ice switch” was also installed. Our customer can thus choose between different lines for ice transport – depending on which reactor requires ice. With the integration into the central control system, full automation could be achieved.
Technical data + installation details
2x ice production, 2x ice storage
Flake ice plant, type: FLIP40
40 tons of flake ice production per day
Water pre-cooling
Refrigerant NH3, ammonia
Glycol cooling for ice storage and conveying air
Mobile ice storage, type MIS-23
Silicone free design
2x ice conveyance, ice distribution
Ice weighing over weigh belts
Pneumatic ice conveying
Conveying air cooling
Switch container with 5-way ice switch
Integration in central control system
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