Presentation prepared for
InBev
by Henrik Bjerre Thomsen
Product Manager, Beverage Group
29-01-2007
Union Engineering a/s
Topics of presentation
Company introduction
Performance improvement
Energy recovery from evaporation
Product quality enhancement by stripping
Union Engineering a/s
Specialists in carbon dioxide
In business since 1933
Private owned Danish company
Company Vision
Union Engineering shall be the worlds leading supplier
of CO2 technology, and be considered as such.
The needs of our customers shall be the driving force
behind all activities in the company.
We shall be an attractive workplace for our employees
and an attractive partner for our other stakeholders.
Business activities
The core competence is expert knowledge about CO2 technology
accumulated and developed in the company through more than 70
years. This knowledge is used to pass on value to the customers
through high performance plants based on the leading technology
within the industry:
Breweries and distilleries
Plants to recover, purify and liquefy CO2 from fermentation
Mineral water and soft drinks
Plants to produce food grade CO2 from combustion of gas/oil
Industrial gasses companies
Plants to capture CO2 from various industrial sources
Tobacco expansion
Plants to expand tobacco in production of light cigarettes
Geography
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UNION z
Copenhagen
Subsidiary company in China, Brazil & US (under construction)
Turn Over - Segments
Industrial Gas
20%
Tobacco Ex pansion
13%
Production plants
35%
Recov ery plants
32%
Turn Over Geographically
Other Asia
33% 34%
Europe
33%
Recovery Plants for breweries & distilleries
More than 200 references since 1978
Preferred supplier by the majority of
breweries and distilleries
Innovative products and sustainable solutions
Global network of partners supporting our
customers locally
The Modular Based Plant
InBev References
2007 Rogan Brewery, Ukraine RBU extension to 2400
2007 Borsodi Sorgyar, Hungary RBU 2x1200
2007 Astika Brewery, Bulgaria RBU 600
2007 Kamenitza Brewery, Bulgaria RBU 600
2006 Perm, Russia - RBU 1500 + displacement of two existing plants
2006 Rogan Brewery, Ukraine RBU 1200/2400
2005 Yantar Brewery, Ukraine RBU 1600
2005 Klin Brewery, Russia RBU 750 extension of Steinecker plant
2005 Interbeer, Russia RBU 1200
2005 Ambev Filial Lages, Brazil RBU 1000/2200
2005 Ambev Filial Brasilia, Brazil RBU-A 1000
2004 Ambev Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PUR-A 6000
2004 Ambev Jaguariuna, Brazil PUR-A 4000
2004 Ambev Curitiba, Brazil PUR-A 1000
2004 Ambev Cebrasa, Brazil PUR-A 1000
2004 Ambev Goiania, Brazil PUR-A 1000
2003 Ambev Jacarei, Brazil PUR-A 3000
Energy recovery from evaporation
Traditional ways of CO2 evaporation:
ambient heated
Steam heated
Energy recovery from evaporation
New ways of CO2 evaporation:
Union ReVap system
Union ReCon System
Energy recovery from evaporation
CO2 evaporation has two phases:
Liquid to gas typical at -27
Super heating of gas to +15
Recovery rate ~80 kW each 1000 kg CO2
Performance Improvement:
Pay back on investment is typical
< 2 years and often < 1 year
Energy recovery from evaporation
Union ReVap system
Utilising recovered energy to the brine system
Energy recovery from evaporation
Energy recovery from evaporation
Modular built standard
solution glycol circuit for easy
implementation in existing
system
No risk of contact between
NH3 and CO2 in case of
leaks
The extra heat exchange
through a glycol circuit may
reduce available temperature
differences for cooling of NH3
The recovered cold is reused
at a higher temperature level
Energy recovery from evaporation
Union ReCon system:
Utilising recovered energy to condense CO2
in the rate 1:1,25
Systems are specially designed to individual
Application
Requires balance between recovery and consumption
of CO2
Energy recovery from evaporation
CO2 superheater Cooling water
CO2 (g) CO2 (g) 12 bar(g)
Investment in separate Pressure
control
Pressure
control
cooling plant CO2 reduction
Cooling water
CO2 separator
Independency of CO2
evaporation
LC
CO2 (-32, g)
CO2 (-32, l)
CO2 (-24, l)
from Storage Tanks
The recovered cold is reused
at approx. the same CO2 (-32, g) NH3 (-30, g)
temperature level CO2 (-32, l)
NH3 (-30, l) NH3 (-30, g)
New refrigeration plant
LC
NH3 (l)
PT
CO2 Condensator,
CO2 (g) semi-flooded
from dehydrator
CO2 (-24, l)
to storage
Energy recovery from evaporation
Cooling water
CO2 superheater
CO2 (g) CO2 (g) 12 bar(g)
No investment in separate Pressure
control
Pressure
control
cooling plant CO2 reduction
Cooling water
Solution assumes that there
CO2 separator
is always sufficient cooling CO2 (-32 C, g)
LC
from CO2 evaporation CO2 (-32 C, l)
CO2 (-24 C, l)
from Storage Tanks
The recovered cold is reused
at approx. the same
temperature level CO2 (-32 C, g)
CO2 (-32 C, l)
The separator and the LC
flooded condensator may be NH3 (l)
combined to a semi-flooded
CO2 (g)
from dehydrator
condensator CO2 Condensator,
CO2 (-24 C, l)
to storage
flooded
Energy recovery from evaporation
Cooling water
CO2 superheater
CO2 (g) CO2 (g) 12 bar(g)
Pressure
Pressure
control
The cold is used in the
control
CO2 reduction
existing cooling plant Cooling water
CO2 separator
Cooling of NH3 in the CO2 (-32 C, g)
LC
supply/return lines instead of CO2 (-32 C, l)
CO2 (-24 C, l)
from Storage Tanks
in the separator can be
investigated optionally
(depending on physical
NH3 cooler, flooded
layout etc.)
CO2 (-32 C, g) NH3 (-4 C, g)
NH3 (-4 C, l)
CO2 (-32 C, l)
The recovered cold is reused NH3 return
at a higher temperature level
Existing NH3 separator
NH3 supply
Product quality enhancement by stripping
Balloon
Liquefaction
Water Scrubber
CO2 Compressor Carbon Filter Dehydrator Oxygen stripping
Reboiler
Foam Trap Refrigeration
Storage
Product quality enhancement by stripping
Product Description CO2 purity inlet CO2 purity in O2 content in
to recovery plant liquid phase liquid phase
Condenser Low oxygen stripping 99,7 % 99,98 % 30 ppm
(shell-and-tube)
PUR-D Medium oxygen stripping 98 % 99,99 % 5 ppm
PUR-A High oxygen stripping 95 % 99,9985 % 2 ppm
Product quality enhancement by stripping
Features:
Recovery from inlet purity of 98%
Outlet CO2 purity of 99,99%
Outlet Oxygen content of < 5 ppm
High efficient separation of non-
condensable gases
Benefits:
Higher CO2 yield
Improved CO2 quality
Less sensible to initial purity
Product quality enhancement by stripping
Features:
Recovery from inlet purity of 95%
Outlet CO2 purity of 99,9985%
Outlet Oxygen content of < 2 ppm
High efficient separation of non-
condensable gases
Benefits:
Higher CO2 yield
Improved CO2 quality
Less sensible to initial purity
