KC combined coaxial chiller

Mobile chiller for beverages, water and glycol-water mixtures, combining a coaxial exchanger with an open buffer tank.

Technical details.

Discuss specifications and the right configuration for your application with the Cellar Technician team.

"KC" series mobile chiller for the wine industry, consisting of a refrigeration unit connected to a coaxial exchanger made of stainless steel immersed in an open storage tank.

Removable stainless steel body panels protect the machine components. Condenser air enters and leaves through ventilation grilles. A digital electronic controller manages the chiller functions.

Mounted on a frame with four swivel wheels for movement around the winery. The 15+15 model is mounted on feet.

Refrigeration circuit with a hermetic compressor.

On the cooling and heating version, a four-way valve reverses the refrigeration cycle.

One deaerator filter.

Functions available on all models

  • Fermentation temperature control

  • Tartrate stabilization

  • Heating or cooling of must or wine

  • Air conditioning

  • Cooling / heating of water or glycol-water mixtures

Applications

  • Cooling of must during the harvest for controlled fermentation

  • Heating must to start fermentation in cold weather or carry out carbonic maceration

  • Cold settling

  • Rapid heating to initiate malolactic fermentation

  • Cooling below 0 °C to promote tartrate precipitation

  • Cooling before bottling for certain semi-sparkling wines containing CO2

  • Cooling or heating water or glycol-water mixtures for room temperature control

Design

All parts in contact with the product are made of AISI 304 stainless steel.

Equipment

  • Digital electronic thermostat

  • Refrigeration circuit with hermetic compressor

  • High-efficiency coaxial evaporator made entirely of stainless steel

  • Storage tank for cooling/heating water or glycol-water mixtures

  • Frost protection

  • Refrigerant: R410A

The range is made entirely of stainless steel.

Direct product heat exchange

Product flow and electrical data

Water and glycol cooling

Dimensions and connections

Versions and options.

Available in cooling-only or reversible cooling and heating versions. The coaxial exchanger sits inside an open buffer tank, allowing treatment of the product or water/glycol for circulation through tank jackets and climate-control systems.

Condensation control is standard. Hot-gas defrost by cycle reversal is included on the heat-pump version. Options include DIN DN50 product connections, automatic transfer stop when product is absent, and a tropical version for ambient temperatures above +35°C.