From left: Nicole Uvenbeck, Director of Sustainable Solutions and OEM Components, and Fiona Liebehenz, Vice President of Key Components, Equipment Solutions and Channel Management (photo: Tetra Pak)

Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with the new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump System for pasteurisers. It builds on existing pasteurisation technology and adds a highly efficient electric heat pump that recovers and reuses heat from the pasteurisation process. For every 1 kWh of electricity used, the system can recover up to 2 kWh of heat that would otherwise be lost – making it up to three times more efficient than a conventional boiler.

By combining heating and cooling in an integrated solution, the system also optimises energy use throughout the pasteurisation process. It upgrades low-temperature waste heat to higher temperatures and generates ice water for cooling.

F&B manufacturers with large-scale pasteurisation processes can achieve significant savings. A typical dairy production line could reduce the energy consumption of pasteurisation by up to 77%.