Tetra Pak Alcross
Ultrafiltration plant for Fermented products
3 Main items:
1) Thermisation unit
2) Ultra Filtration unit - UF Plate and Frame - P&F
3) Cooler and Silo.
The Thermisation and Ultrafiltration unit to concentrate fermented milk to make products like: Skyr, Mascarpone, Quark and Double Cream cheese.
Key data:
-input: 3.500 - 5.000ltr/h Fermented skim milk, Full fatt milk or enriched products.
-Concentration factor: 1.8-2.5
1) Thermisation unit
Complete skid mounted thermisation unit.
Flow rate : 3.500 up to 5.000ltr (depending on product).
Make : Tetra pack
Function: Thermisation of Fermented products.
Temperature cycle:
Input: 21-30 °C (incubation temperature) -> recuperation (permeate cooler) -> thermisation 55/60°c or pasteurisation at 72/95 °C -> holding -> out to Ultra Filtration at approx. 45 °C.
Complete unit including:
* Stainless steel frame in which everything is preassembled.
* Closed balance tank with spray bowl.
* Centrifugal product pump, covered in stainless steel tetra, Flush seal, type: LKH
* Plate heat exchanger, 4 stages, new, Tetra Pak, Clip6-SR Model.
* ROI box with all connections for sensors and pneumatic valves.
* 2x Indirect hot water set with:
- Steam/Hotwater tubular heatexchanger
- Steam regulation valve
- Water pump and auxilaries.
* Holding tube, variable by connecting more or less tubes 30 sec up to 180 seconds in different stages.
*Sample valve
* All interconnected pipings, fittings and valves.
2) Ultrafiltration unit
Manufacturer : Tetra Pak
Type : Tetra Alcross US P&F
Serial number : T5845810096
Year : 2010
Capacity : input up to 5.300ltr/h
Description :
Concentrates a yoghurt or a fermented milk to achieve the desired composition and texture.
The UF splits the product in Rentate and Permeate.
The Retentate is the endproduct and is the Protein and Fatt (if included) concentrated.
The advantage of this design UF (compared to Spiral wound UF and separator) is it is suitable for Fermented products with and without Fatt and all proteins are concentrated (also the whey proteins)
This leads to high pressures in the system and Filtration can only be achieved with a Plate and Frame filtration with flat GR60pp filters and Rotary piston circulation pumps.
Some example productions:
input: skim milk 9% TS -> output approx. 16% TS (Skyr).
Input: input 20% TS incl fatt -> Output 42% Cream cheese or Mascarpone
Input: Skim milk pre-concentrated up to 12% TS -> output up to 18% TS (Quark)
The capacity is determined by the Permeate out:
Approx. Permeate per stage:
Stage 1) 1100-1755ltr/h 13.5m2 filters
stage 2) 675/1170ltr/h 9m2 filters
stage 3) 320/585ltr/h 4.5m2 filters
stage 4) 300/585ltr/h 4.5m2 filters up to 15bar pressure..
Complete skid mounted.
Filters plate and frame type, manufacturer: Tetra Pak - DDS, model: M37
Complete unit including:
* Stainless steel frame
* 2 Balance tanks with spray bowl. (Feed and permeate return)
* Feed pump tetra LKH
* 4 circulation loops including circulation pumps.
First stage with centrifugal pump, 3 stages with Waukesha Rotary piston model: 320-U2 high pressure pumps.
last stage up to 15bar pressure for high viscose products.
* In each loop, THE for cooling, FT for permeate, TT, PT, interconnecting piping.
* Inbuild CIP system for the UF unit including dosing of cleaning detergents.
Own independent cleaning system for UF only.
* ROI box with all connections for sensors and pneumatic valves.
* All interconnected pipings, fittings and valves.
3) Quark silo, cooler and pump .
Tank details:
Manufacturer : Schwarte-Milfor
Type : Quarksilo
Serial number : 3580
Capacity : 5.000 liter
Design:
Strong Conical for very viscose products.
Insulated
Hermetic, Ultra clean with sterile air.
Sensors for level and temperature.
On product infeed:
- Plate cooler
Make Tetra
Model: Clip line C6
Thermal cycle: 45-> Approx. 18°C
Capacity: approx. 2.500ltr/h
1 section, 2 options, water or icewater, water circulation pump
On product outfeed:
- Outfeed positive lobe pump
- CIP return pump
- Valves and piping for CIP and product.
- Remote I-O box.
Controls
On each skid is a ROI box and Pneumatic valve box.
There is a central MCC in steel box with all freq converters of all pumps.
Included are all electric an communication cables
Excluded is: the CPU- PLC and Scada systems, this was centralized made by software company (Proleit)