Fruit & Vegetable Preserving

Fruit & Vegetable Canning - 311421

CHP Market Saturation / Geographic Location / Industry Drivers / Thermal Opportunities / Process Description / Associations / Events / Industry Leaders & Case Studies

Industry Facts
• This sub-sector produces of $15 million worth of shipments of canned juices, canned jams and jellies, canned tomato-based pastes, pickles, relish, and sauerkraut
• Seasonal Industry - warm areas may have multiple harvests each year

CHP Market Saturation
25 sites of a total 820 sites have CHP (2767.4 MWe) for a market saturation of approximately 3%

Geographic Location

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Industry Drivers
• Safety: Correct temperature to maintain sterility necessary
• Energy use - 2400 kJ/kg of food
• High electric costs (CA, NY) Both states offer incentives for those companies installing CHP

Thermal Opportunities
Reciprocating engines, with a power size range of 30kW–8MW, generate engine jacket heat from 180-200°F, and exhaust heat at around 1200 °F. Industrial turbines, with a power range from 1-20+ MW, generates heat from 900-1100°F. This heat can be recovered and used to heat or cool products in a variety of food processing steps such as:

• Hot water/steam for washing and peeling
• Pressurized steam used in retorts to sterilize sealed cans
• Hot water/steam cookers
• Hot water/steam used for sanitation and cleaning of surfaces and equipments
• Cool air used to prevent cans from over-cooking

Process Description
Below is the schematic of a general process used to make canned tomatoes:

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Associations
National Food Processing Association
Food Processors Institute
Northwest Food Processors Association
CA League of Food Processors

Events
Food Security Conference: Traceability and Incident Management - September 13-14, 2004
Food Labeling Workshop - September 21-22, 2004
NWFPA Golf Tournament - October 1, 2004
2004 NW Food Safety & Sanitation Workshops and Exhibits - October 26-27, 2004
NFPA Annual Meeting - November 16-18. 2004
CA League of Food Processors Expo & Showcase of Processed Foods - January 31-February 2, 2005
2005 NW Food Manufacturing & Packaging Exposition - January 16-19, 2005
CA League of Food Processors Annual Meeting - April 21-23, 2005

Industry Leaders/Case Studies
Archer Daniels Midland
Cutrale Citrus Juices
Sunkist
Morning Star Company - http://www.turbosteam.com/cs/case3.html

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