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Exhibitors and speakers are gearing up for the International Cheese & Dairy Expo at Staffordshire County Showground, UK on 27 June. Accompanied by the Society of Dairy Technology‘s summer symposium on 26 June, along with its annual dinner, and of course the 128th year of the International Cheese and Dairy Awards on 27 June, it’s a big celebration of all things dairy, and you are invited. Don’t forget to contact [email protected] or myself at [email protected] for further information.
For Lyras, as part of its partnership with Expo founding exhibitor Sycamore Process Engineering Ltd, the firm has been working throughout Europe to cut energy consumption at dairies, using its raslysation process.
Lyras has developed and patented the cutting-edge technology, raslysation, which inactivates microorganisms in both transparent and opaque liquids using UV light. The method is far less energy-intensive than traditional pasteurization and filtration. With raslysation, between 60 and 90% energy and 60 to 80% of water is saved, compared to traditional pasteurization. For example, if a cheese dairy treating 40 tons of whey an hour switches from pasteurization to raslysation, it will save approximately 87% energy, equivalent to four million kWh per year and, based on the EU average, an annual carbon emission reduction of 950 tons. This is equivalent to driving around the world 184 times in an ordinary gas-powered family car.
One dairy recently installed a Lyras system, and now cuts off 91 per cent of its energy consumption for the inactivation of microorganisms in processing water. Inactivation now happens through UV-driven raslysation rather than traditional heat treatment. The new technology provides full microbial control while bringing massive energy savings and reducing the environmental impact.
“The dairy has replaced its pasteuriser for water treatment with a raslysation system from Lyras. This ensures the desired water quality and prevents the product from spoiling when it is flushed from tanks and pipes. The risk of glass contamination is also eliminated.” explains senior sales engineer, Allan Holst Sørensen.
Meanwhile, another Sycamore Process Engineering Ltd partner and fellow founding exhibitor, Wafilin Systems, was involved in this solution, which is now on the way to, no doubt, another happy customer. This end-to-end process solution has been constructed to the highest quality by Sycamore’s skilled team of welder/fabricators ready for site installation to commence.
The overall approach to delivering this system with the modular design and pre-wiring of the process equipment allows a seamless onsite delivery phase with reduced risks and minimal disruption to production.
This system incorporates pre-filtration duplex filters with auto changeover to ensure the membranes within the nanofiltration (NF) plant are protected from receiving any fines or fat. The NF membrane plant has been designed by Sycamore’s exclusive partners Wafilin Systems and manufactured in-house by its team as part of the end-to-end solution.
