FOOD ENGINEERING recently spoke to Daniel Tabrizi, product manager, FTIR Gas Analyzers, Thermo Fisher Scientific, about the role Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) technology can play in producing safe, high-quality carbonated beverages.
While natural gas is abundant and relatively cheap now, it may not be in the future —and industrial users need to be ready with alternative sources for heating.
Industrial heat pumps create more heat energy than the electrical energy they consume, making them efficient and potential replacements for boilers burning petroleum products, decreasing carbon footprints.
Featuring Temperature Swing Adsorption (TSA) technology, the systems remove moisture down to less than 1 ppmv, ensuring CO2 gas that meets the requirements of food production.
The proposed project would cut 14,000 metric tons of carbon emissions per year for the factories that produce Ben & Jerry’s, Talenti, Magnum, Breyers and other brands.
The company has completed its second carbon crop and states the viability of the agricultural industry’s potential to positively impact global carbon emissions.