packo heat recovery unit

50shades

hi guys 1st post ere any one got any experience with heat recovery units ??? got approved for the grand under the dairy efficiency scheme packo is nearly a thousand cheaper than delaval any one have any experience with either iv a 10000 litre packo tank . any help would be gratefully received.:)

loveta

Got approved for the same in the first go had a heat recovery unit included in it i think it was costing round 4K "muller" but went to teagasc energy effi work shop and there was a guy from moore park there who was head of all that stuff and he said that unless you intend not to pre cool milk through a plate cooler en route to the tank they are not worth it, and even buy not pre cooling they are slow to get back a return of out lay.I did not purchase and am glad i did not, as the tank cools so quick i dont think it would even get a chance to work.

st1979

loveta wrote: »

Got approved for the same in the first go had a heat recovery unit included in it i think it was costing round 4K "muller" but went to teagasc energy effi work shop and there was a guy from moore park there who was head of all that stuff and he said that unless you intend not to pre cool milk through a plate cooler en route to the tank they are not worth it, and even buy not pre cooling they are slow to get back a return of out lay.I did not purchase and am glad i did not, as the tank cools so quick i dont think it would even get a chance to work.

Was told by my bulk tank salesman who also sells the recovery unit not to bother. As tank cools so rapidly. Reckons they make sense with less efficient tanks. Might be just salesman talk but in fairness I had bought tank the previous year and was thinking of getting recovery unit

joejobrien

st1979 wrote: »

Was told by my bulk tank salesman who also sells the recovery unit not to bother. As tank cools so rapidly. Reckons they make sense with less efficient tanks. Might be just salesman talk but in fairness I had bought tank the previous year and was thinking of getting recovery unit

Ya that my advice also. If you have a slow compressor:eek: they come into there own.............but the running costs of the tank!!!!!!

50shades

joejobrien wrote: »

Ya that my advice also. If you have a slow compressor:eek: they come into there own.............but the running costs of the tank!!!!!!

but don't they warm the water when the ice maker is maken ice at nite even this time of year my ice maker is going for 4 hours

joejobrien

50shades wrote: »

but don't they warm the water when the ice maker is maken ice at nite even this time of year my ice maker is going for 4 hours

expensive way of warming the water. Pay back would be long

Timmaay

Maybe if you have an ice maker, are most new tanks not dx? Chap who I'm buying a tank off told me to get a plate cooler instead of an ice maker, wayy more bang for buck.

st1979

50shades wrote: »

but don't they warm the water when the ice maker is maken ice at nite even this time of year my ice maker is going for 4 hours

Exactly if u have an inefficient cooling system they have a payback or if they were way cheaper than what they are. My
Tank is finished cooling within a few minutes of finishing milking. But I know you are building ice on off peak esb. Basically the new flooded evaporators are fast to cool and use less power than the ice bank but the ice bank uses more power but at cheap prices.

3 the square

50shades wrote: »

hi guys 1st post ere any one got any experience with heat recovery units ??? got approved for the grand under the dairy efficiency scheme packo is nearly a thousand cheaper than delaval any one have any experience with either iv a 10000 litre packo tank . any help would be gratefully received.:)

I worked on my green cert placement in England gud few years ago every lad had a heat recovery unit my lad said it was his second one 1st one just fell apart from rust 20 years old he had a big packo tank and ice maker he reakond water was hand hot before it went into the water heater saves big money happy days :pac: