Dairy industry
Heat customer introduction
- One of the largest production sites for powdered dairy products in France
- 80,000 tonnes of whey and lactose produced in a year
Principle of solar thermal integration
- Preheating of fresh air feeding the main spray drying tower
- Integration of 2 water/air exchangers : one in the main air inlet, one in the regeneration air inlet of the desiccant wheel
- Fossil fuel saved: gas
Key innovation
- Integration into a food process requiring demanding health and hygiene criteria
- Achieve a solar coverage of 20% of the site’s drying needs
Project key figures
September 2020
work initiation target date
15,000 m²
solar thermal collector area on trackers
6,000 m³
hot water storage volume
about 8,000 MWH
expected annual production
2,200 tonnes
of CO2 emission avoided per year
