Al Salem Johnson Controls says it is offering its expertise to support the health sector and pharmaceutical companies in equipping industrial cold stores with the latest technologies, through systems that ensure temperatures set by each vaccine manufacturer.
With countries vaccine-producing companies such as Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Russia’s Sputnik V stipulating a range of storage requirements, Al Salem Johnson Controls is offering a diverse industrial refrigeration systems; among them a “system that utilises ammonia as a refrigerant, suitable for applications requiring a cooling capacity up to -45 degrees Celsius, while for applications requiring lower temperatures, a system utilizing a combination of ammonia and methane is used”.
“The industrial refrigeration is not a standard system that can be used for all projects; it requires a thorough study of the project’s facilities, utilizations and nature of work. In manufacturing facilities, it is crucial to determine whether the system will be used to cool the facility, the production lines or both,” explained the company in a statement. “Therefore, as a first step, industrial refrigeration engineers at Al Salem Johnson Controls visit and study the site from all aspects, then design and develop a system according to its cooling requirements.”
Al Salem Johnson Controls stated that its 29 years partnership as a JV with Johnson Controls International has enabled it to provide its customers with the latest technologies, and transfer the global expertise to the Kingdom. Recently, Johnson Controls International was part of a team designing, developing and implementing a cold store at the Danish Odense University Hospital, by merging two industrial refrigeration systems that use ammonia and methane, to reach the required cooling of the cold store, spreading across an area of 352 square meters.
The system can reach a temperature of -80 degrees Celsius, which is close to the temperature needed to preserve and store COVID-19 vaccines. The system used SABROE Chillers, a global leader in industrial refrigeration solutions, under the umbrella of Johnson Controls International.
“The industrial refrigeration is not a standard system that can be used for all projects; it requires a thorough study of the project’s facilities, utilizations and nature of work. In manufacturing facilities, it is crucial to determine whether the system will be used to cool the facility, the production lines or both,” said Al Salem Johnson Controls. “Therefore, as a first step, industrial refrigeration engineers at Al Salem Johnson Controls visit and study the site from all aspects, then design and develop a system according to its cooling requirements.”