The manufacturing of modern foods consumes considerable amounts of thermal and electrical energy. Furthermore, with food safety a fundamental concern in food processing, additional energy is consumed preparing food for market. Cooling, freezing, dehydration, debacterization, precooking, and safe packaging are energy intensive.

Domestic and international competition is driving companies to improve energy and process efficiency, and to minimize costs.  An Alcor CHP system can help control or reduce costs, increase efficiency, and enhance power reliability and quality. Given that spoilage arising from “grid failure” can have a catastrophic impact on financial performance, CHP can be used to not only reduce operating costs but as insurance against unforeseen outages..

Nationally, the food manufacturing market ranks fourth in CHP capacity behind the refining, paper, and chemical industries. Alcor’s CHP systems can help the food processors reduce costs and demonstrate responsible environmental stewardship.