HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS I MIXING & AGITATING SOLUTIONS I STAINLESS STEEL FABRICATION ►w THERMAL | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS TERALBA INDUSTRIES THERMPRO™ ISOLATES THE HAZARD. Teralba Industries was recently consulted by a large Australian wine group about a potential explosion hazard identified by their in-house OH&S audit. The audit identified that the use of ethylene glycol refrigerant for grape must warming can in some instances expose the refrigerant to temperatures above its flashpoint. The ethylene glycol is generally heated in a plate heat exchanger using 80degC hot water from a boiler. The warm ethylene glycol is then pumped design team worked with the winery looking at the current processes and the message came through clearly from the winemakers that removing ethylene glycol from the winery was not an option. The drop in efficiency and the costs involved with changing to propylene glycol across the entire winery meant that ethylene glycol was there to stay. ipro PRODUCT & INDUSTRY UPDATE through the jacket of a Dimpleflo® must heat exchanger. The potential hazard lies within the hot water / ethylene glycol plate heat exchanger, where it can come in contact with heat transfer surfaces that are above its flashpoint. Although this wine group has never experienced an incident, the winery identified the potential hazard and made the decision to eliminate this risk. Teralba worked closely with the winery and came up with the Thermpro™ solution. Thermpro™ isolates the ethylene glycol from the hot water with a non-flammable propylene glycol loop and thus eliminates the risk of explosion. Thermpro™ was delivered complete with heat exchangers, pumps, control valves, temperature and pressure sensors, provision for thermal expansion, and a glycol loop dosing system all housed within a fully enclosed skid frame to provide operator protection from hot surfaces. Thermpro™ is very compact, minimising the use of valuable winery floor space and is transportable. Teralba Industries delivered the completed Thermpro™ system to the winery ready for connection of the services and wiring on site, providing minimal downtime in the busy lead up to vintage. Teralba has a long-standing track record of providing heat transfer solutions to the Australian Wine Industry. With more than 35 years experience, whatever the requirements, winemakers and engineers can be assured of attention to detail and delivery of quality Australian equipment. Teralba Industries was established in 1976 and has over 35 years experience in solving heat transfer challenges. The winery called us and outlined their concerns and asked if Teralba could come up with a solution. Our For all heat transfer enquiries, contact: Murray baker Teralba Industries 1300 20 70 20

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