Direct Steam Injection for Meat and Poultry Processing

Hydro-Thermal's Reliable Heating Technology Prevents Recalls and Shutdowns in the Meat & Poultry Industries

Avoid any catastrophic recalls, strict regulatory requirements and shutdowns with Hydro-Thermal’s precision heating processes. Our patented heating system mixes steam and process liquids completely while delivering precise temperature, minimizing maintenance, and eliminating hard water scaling with a self-cleaning design. Greater energy efficiency of up to 30%, helps contain costs and increase reliability. Click here for more information on our advanced direct steam injection technology.

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Advantages of Direct Steam Injection Hydroheaters in Meat & Poultry Production

For Plant Managers & Engineers

Avoid USDA compliance shutdowns with precise set-point temperatures
Maintenance is no longer a headache
Increase productivity with more throughput
Increased accuracy of temperatures with 100% use of steams energy

For Corporate Management

Save utility and energy cost with more efficient systems
Save shutdown costs with accurate set-point temperatures
Save maintenance costs with a suggested once a year maintenance check-up

Applications for Meat and Poultry Processing

Direct steam injection heating utilizing the Hydroheater

There’s no place for inefficient heating technologies when people’s lives and your job hang in the balance. Every minute the production floor is down your plant loses, from hundreds to thousands of dollars, in just minutes.

With instantaneous heating when you need it, our products are ideal for anywhere maintaining a precise temperature is critical or that you need immediate, reliable hot water.

That reliability, along with temperature control and energy savings have led our solutions to be the replacement system for literally thousands of our competitors’ heaters. An example of why a competitor’s heater was getting pulled out and acid bathed every shift due to 180ºF hard water scaling issues. Now with our EZ Heater system installed they haven’t needed to touch it for more than one and a half years!

Our most popular Meat & Poultry heating applications include:

180ºF WATER CRITICAL AREAS - Viscera, Saws and Spray Bars

Heat accurately, reliably, and with 10-30% greater energy efficiency than heat exchangers or spargers. Patented self cleaning design results in no scaling and total uptime. Excellent for viscera pans, saws, knife sanitizers, hose stations/ spray bars and other 180F critical areas.
Avoid costly fines or recalls by utilizing Hydro-Thermal's solution for all of your hot water needs. Our heaters offer +/- 1ºF (0.5ºC) accuracy eliminating fear of a recall and ensuring hot water to exacting temperatures where and when you need it.
Click here for a viscera example.
Click here for a hose station case study.

CENTRAL HOT WATER

Take hot water to 140˚F [60˚C] wherever you need it throughout the plant for clean up, CIP, kill floor, and hose stations. Ability to provide on demand, unlimited hot water eliminates the need for large storage tanks.
During third shift cleaning and wash down at a facility, it is common to run out of hot water. The spargers or heat exchangers are not flexible enough to account for the varying conditions of wash down versus normal production. With Hydro-Thermal’s solution, never run out of hot water. Our turn down capabilities are flexible enough to provide hot water instantaneously at your desired temperature during production or plant wash down. In addition, manufacturers can save valuable plant space because our heaters and skids have a smaller footprint then a large storage tank.
For more information on Central Hot Water Usage in Meat Processing, check out this case study for more details & information!

POINT OF USE WATER - Sanitizers, Paw Pickers and Beef Feet

Take central hot water to any location and temperature at required flow rates via a small slip stream system. Control critical temperatures to not overcook or damage the product, while ensuring sanitation during the cooking process. Excellent for tripe and carcass washing, and beef and chicken feet removal/cook.
Hydro-Thermal understands the importance of precise temperature. Whether it is fear of a USDA fine or recall, or the importance of a specific time and temperature cook process, we will ensure that you have the right temperature where you need it and when you need it. For instance, our heaters are often used for carcass or tunnel washers ensuring product quality through proper cleaning and sanitization.
Click here for a beef feet example.

RENDERING Including Tallow and Blood Processing

Heat in a continuous, single-pass and in-line, while realizing major savings of space, energy and approximately two hours in batch time.
From bone to by-products to blood, we can process any parts of the animal while eliminating burn-on through exact and continuous temperature control.
Check out this pork rendering diagram for an example of rendering in more detail.

SCALD/DIP TANKS/CARCASS WASH

Precise temperature accuracy results in total uptime and increased production for hog dehairing or bird defeathering.
Energy savings due to the atomization of the steam bubbles, eliminates steam waste to the atmosphere. Exact temperatures won't prematurely cook or desecrate the product.
Check out this scalding diagram for a more detailed example.

WASTEWATER/ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

Realize major cost savings with precise temperature control to aid anaerobic digestion, keeping microorganisms at 100F to optimize effectiveness and drive more methane gas to power boilers.
Hydro-Thermal's patented designs are able to handle highly viscous slurries without burn on, plugging, or fouling found with other solutions. In addition, companies can achieve thousands of dollars in energy savings by reusing the waste in their plants and utilizing it to heat or power their facility.
Click here for a case study on wastewater.

ADDITIONAL WATER HEATING APPLICATIONS

For additional information on our water heating applications, click here.

A Winning Partnership

Peace of Mind for Beef Processors

“We depend on Hydro-Thermal’s products for their ease of installation, flawless startup, and consistent/accurate results to within a single degree of target.”– Tim Foster, Owner, MPC Group

MPC Group is a solutions provider serving the beef industry since 2003. Its team of experts – owner and founder Tim Foster, Senior Project Managers Mike Parton and Mike Fleeman and Master of Process Piping Darrell Swint – bring decades of combined experience helping beef production facilities work safely and efficiently.

Tim was introduced to steam heating technology from Hydro-Thermal early in his career. He was impressed with its ability to keep precise and consistent temperature control-ensuring USDA compliance for food safety. When forming MPC Group, Tim knew his customers would benefit from this innovative way of heating. A direct partnership with Hydro-Thermal was established to focus on providing beef processors with a better heating experience.

To learn more about how Hydro-Thermal and MPC are helping beef processors achieve precise temperature every time, click here.

Direct Steam Injection for Meat and Poultry Processing

Hydro-Thermal's Reliable Heating Technology Prevents Recalls and Shutdowns in the Meat & Poultry Industries

Advantages of Direct Steam Injection Hydroheaters in Meat & Poultry Production

Applications for Meat and Poultry Processing

Direct steam injection heating utilizing the Hydroheater

Our most popular Meat & Poultry heating applications include:

180ºF WATER CRITICAL AREAS - Viscera, Saws and Spray Bars

CENTRAL HOT WATER

POINT OF USE WATER - Sanitizers, Paw Pickers and Beef Feet

RENDERING Including Tallow and Blood Processing

SCALD/DIP TANKS/CARCASS WASH

WASTEWATER/ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

ADDITIONAL WATER HEATING APPLICATIONS

A Winning Partnership

Peace of Mind for Beef Processors

Resources

Overview of meat and poultry applications

Meat processing diagram

Central hot water case study

Pork rendering diagram

Pork scald tank diagram

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