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If you are looking for a simple, cost-effective, and reliable way to cool steam to within 10?F of saturation, you could benefit from Pick Desuperheaters....
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Pick Heaters has decades of confectionery experience developing products for customers to test and use. Pick has designed and installed numerous systems throughout the world, and customers have come...
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Pick Steam Injection Heaters are an ideal replacement for tank spargers and other heating methods that may be prone to steam hammer issues. If you are experiencing problems with steam hammer in your...
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What if your application requires a heater that goes beyond what would be considered a standard offering? What if you need a heater with a larger pipe size, a higher-pressure rating, a special alloy...
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Are you in search of a reliable and cost-effective solution for your heat transfer requirements? Look no further than Pick Custom Design (PCD). PCD, a division of Pick Heaters, specializes in...
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Steam injection heaters play a critical role in various industries, providing efficient and reliable heating solutions. To ensure their optimal performance and longevity, regular maintenance is...
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One of the key aspects of the food industry is process heating, which is required for various purposes such as cooking, pasteurization, sterilization, and cleaning. One of the most effective and...
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Steam injection heating has many advantages and applications in the chemical processing industry, where maintaining stable and precise temperature control is critical for product quality, production...
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Direct Steam Injection (DSI) Heaters are systems that inject steam directly into a liquid or slurry to heat it up to a desired temperature. They are widely used in various industries, such as food...
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Pick Direct Steam Injection (DSI) Heaters can be used to heat any water-miscible liquid or slurry instantaneously where sufficient steam pressure is available. Pick Heaters offers a DSI solution for a...
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Pick Heaters, an American manufacturer of direct steam injection (DSI) heaters, used a unique approach to meet the requirements of a specific customer and in the process hit upon a system design with...
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American pet owners spend an estimated 103.6 billion dollars for their furry friends, in which 42.0 billion is spent on pet food & treats and another 674.6 million is spent on vitamins and...
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Meat processing as an industry has enormous impacts on the world, both positive and negative, and in the wake of these impacts are both impassioned advocates and fierce critics....
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Just as there are numerous industrial applications for water heating, so too are there many challenges - maximizing energy efficiency, minimizing maintenance costs and many others. Nowhere is this...
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The challenges of heating fluids and providing a steady hot water supply are important to a wide range of industry types, and there are many solutions that engineers employ to meet those challenges....
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The limits to indirect heat exchange examined in Part 1 become more significant as greater temperature or pressure is required for heat and hot water applications. In many cases, the solution for...
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Food safety is one of the most important issues within meat and poultry processing plants due to the potential for cross-contamination, foodborne illness, and accelerated spoilage. Proper sanitation...
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Among the most important aspects of any food, beverage or pharmaceutical processing operation is the ongoing assurance of sanitary equipment. Effective cleaning is the best defense against product...
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Sanitization is critical to food production. Food production machines need to be sterile, or the food could potentially become contaminated. There are many ways to ensure food safety, and among them...
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Food production is a process that must be hygienic from start to finish. From the utensils to the equipment to the packaging, everything needs to be clean to ensure that the product will be fresh and...
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The most common method of transferring energy with steam is indirect heat exchange, but there is an alternative method that is ideal for high-pressure systems: direct steam injection (DSI)....
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Steam still has an important role to play in jacketed heating, but a Direct Steam Injection (DSI) Heater provides the most precise and energy-efficient method for heating the jacket water to the...
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Brown grease - composed of fats, oils, and grease (FOG) and rotting food - has long been a problem for restaurants, food service operations and commercial kitchens. Brown grease can clog sewer lines...
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Steam is capable of transferring a large amount of heat to materials used in food and beverage processing, and it can be precisely controlled to within narrow temperature ranges. It can be applied...
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A DSI system can rapidly and accurately maintain temperatures for processing difficult materials, such as wastewater, and thereby increase the efficiency and reliability of the anaerobic digestion...
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Fluids at precisely controlled and elevated temperatures are integral to a wide range of industrial processes. To generate the necessary supply of heated liquid, many plants utilize a simple tank...
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Direct Steam Injection is more than a viable alternative for UHT processing, and should be given serious consideration....
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How equipment manufacturers are assisting food companies improve their processes and products....
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This article takes an in-depth look at the advantages and disadvantages of steam and hot water for jacketed heating, and compares indirect and direct steam injection systems for making hot water....
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Inline direct steam injection is more energy efficient than indirectly heating water in a tank. Use this overview of DSI equipment to select the appropriate system for your application....
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Article covering some of the key issues facing the food industry today....