Case Study
Waste heat for malt kiln
Güntner GmbH & Co. KG Hans-Güntner-Straße 2 – 6 82256 FÜRSTENFELDBRUCK GERMANY Waste heat for malt kiln Overview Line of business: Industrial Refrigeration Application: Beverage Cooling/Energy & Process Cooling Country/City: Germany/Heidenau Fluid: R134a/Glykol-water-mixture Product: Guntner GCO air heater coils thermowave TL0250 TAGL; TL0500 TAGL The European malt producer Malteurop uses waste heat from refrigerating machines at its plant in Heidenau, Germany, for a malt kiln. The cold is produced for the germination process. The company has opted for Guntner air heater coils as well as thermowave plate heat exchangers. When malting barley is made to germinate with water and oxygen during malt production, this generates heat. During this process, the oxygen demand of the malting barley s