Commercial fryers, spray-dryers for flavors and fragrances, and similar types of food processing equipment can emit significant amounts of particulate matter (PM) or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during production. Depending on the products being produced, both PM and VOCs can be a problem.
APC Technologies Inc. (APC) offers customers the benefit of over two decades of experience in working with these types of applications. Our team has the knowledge and expertise to develop pollutant removal systems that:
Commercial frying operations produce grease-laden exhaust, which presents additional management challenges, including significant PM, PM10, and PM2.5 emissions. Concentrated fats, oils, grease, and fine smoke particulates are usually produced as a byproduct of frying various meats and potatoes, as well as fried pastries.
Depending upon the needs of the process and facility, the APC team will employ either a one or two-step process for managing odors and pollutants. A grease entrapment stage may be used for removing bulk amounts of condensed fats/oils/grease, and if needed, an APC Ultra-High Efficiency Filter (UHF®) unit can be added as a second stage to remove the remaining fine smoke exhaust.
This control strategy involves dry processes, which means no plant water usage is required for emission control. Wet/venturi scrubbers, on the other hand, may use millions of gallons of water per year. These wet processes also generate polluted wastewater and offer less overall energy efficiency than dry processes.
When food processing operations require VOC control, APC has many VOC control technologies to handle various needs. Based on regulatory requirements and application analysis, the APC team will recommend a solution that is appropriate for the VOC loading of the gas stream and thermal energy needs. Our goal is to minimize the lifecycle cost of the system while optimizing efficiency for the customer.
VOC and particulate matter (PM) emissions are as much of a problem for spray-drying processes as they are for frying operations. For these applications, our team has developed our CarbonPure systems. Controlling VOCs and odors emitted from spray-dryers, CarbonPure adsorption systems provide additional particulate control where spray-dry fragrance and flavor-containing intermediate products cause odors. APC CarbonPure systems have been delivering reliable results in the field for over a decade.
Contact APC to learn more about industrial food processing pollution solutions.
