Normally the supply, installation, and commissioning of a heat exchanger to sterilize food ingredients such as wort would be a relatively straightforward exercise, with HRS project engineers travelling from their bases in Spain or the UK to the client’s location. However, the travel and operation restrictions imposed globally by the Coronavirus pandemic earlier this year meant that a different approach was required for one HRS MI Series installation in the United States in April and May of 2020.
Based in the United States, the client manufactures natural food ingredients, such as yeast extracts, derivatives, and natural flavorings for use by other food producers. It is important that the fermenters are sterilized in order to maintain hygiene and the new system allows the client to create a sterile fermentation media for growing its cultures as well as pasteurizing its finished product to ensure it is safe.