Heat recovery chilling milk with WHRLflo

[Notquiteretired]

Any dairy people heard of these / using this kit? I was at a SMART farmer meeting yesterday and this was very impressive with a two year payback in the example given on savings in heating water

http://www.whrlsolutions.com/gallery.html

 

[Fraserb]

Hi cheers for thinking of our setup, we have 2 of these installed looks like a similar idea, certainly makes a big diference.

http://uk.paulmueller.com/products/mueller-fre-heater

 

[cows250]

They are very common in the States, especially on large dairies that load milk directly into tankers. Some smaller dairies also have them hooked up to their bulk tanks, but not as commonly.

 

[NZDan]

I used to scan and AI on a farm that had a simple home built system.
Two smallish old milk vats well insulated with a heat exchanger between them. One was cold and one was hot. The cold one was used in the milk cooler to cool the milk right down low. The hot one was piped to the cylinder so that less power was needed for wash down water.
The cold one was also a good spot to keep beers