Energy Efficiency Retrofit at a Turkey Processing Plant
Moroni Feed Company, Moroni
Moroni Feed Company is a fully integrated turkey producing and processing
cooperative. Five million commercially grown turkeys are raised by 64
independent members of the cooperative every year. The turkeys are processed at
Moroni's central plant. Moroni Feed Company utilized Rocky Mountain Power's
Energy FinAnswer program to facilitate upgrading the energy efficiency of
condensers and compressors at the plant. Participation in this program cut the
cost of the retrofit in half, resulting in an acceptable payback period.
The project involved replacing a less efficient shell-and-tube condenser with a
high efficiency evaporative condenser and variable speed fan controls. A
computer control system was also installed for the processing plant's
refrigeration system. The facility previously used manually operated compressors
and condensers. The new control system automatically sequences and unloads
compressors in order to optimize energy efficiency.
Quick Facts
- Total Project Cost: $464,000 ($232,000 after the utility
incentive)
- Annual Energy Savings: $78,940 (2.1 million kWh/year)
- Equipment: High efficiency condensers, compressors and automated
control system.
- Simple Payback: 2.9 years (5.9 years without incentive)
- Benefits:
- reduced electricity use
- increased equipment longevity
- increased process reliability
- reduced equipment downtime
- shorter compressor operating hours
- lower peak summer condensing pressures
- better access to system data
Source: Rocky Mountain Power, 2006
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