Chase Distillery – Beverage Manufacturer – Cooling System
Introduction
Chase Distillery, the UK’s first single estate vodka distillery and producer of both Chase Vodka and Williams Gin approached Denco for a cooling system to support their distillation process.
Scope
- Mapress stainless steel pipework for hygienic, rapid, hot works free installation with minimal downtime
- Energy efficient inverter technology used within chillers and pumps for fine control of process temperatures, reduced operation costs, low noise output, and minimised environmental impact
- Availability for later system expansion and heat recovery
- Site installation in 2 phases by Denco’s in house installation team
- 60% improvement in fermentation system performance following phase 1 of installation
- Chase Distillery are now able to go to 24/7 production with reduced water costs and environmental impact
- Approximate contract valve: £100k
Project Details
The original system used a local water source and total loss cooling system to maintain distillation temperatures. The system proposed by Denco took into account existing water usage rates to provide a recirculating closed loop set up, reducing water usage for cooling to zero and provide fine temperature control for improved distillation through the use of inverter drives and bespoke controls. The system comprised of a variable flow inverter driven pumpset, plate heat exchanger, dry air ‘free’ cooler, integrated control panel and inverter driven chiller providing a total cooling capacity of 210kW with variable load capability for fine temperature control and energy saving.
In addition to the distillation process the scope was then widened to include a 100kW cooling system for Chase Distillery’s fermentation plant. This system comprised of an air cooled packaged water chiller and a bespoke pumpset with run/standby pumps and integrated controls. As for the distillation system, fine temperature control is provided through the use of a temperature controlled bypass valve. The pumpsets and integrated control panels were designed and manufactured at Denco specifically for Chase Distillery. As part of this, the equipment was designed to account for available space on site and the control program was written to suit the customer’s requirements.
The installation was completed in two phases by the Denco Installation team.
“We approached Denco for a closed loop cooling system to support our distillation and fermentation process. The whole project from concept through to completion has been first class with immediate results indicating an increase in production with minimal downtime.”
Tim Nolan – Operations Manager
Chase Distillery, Herefordshire, United Kingdom