Southwest Town, Gustave A. Larson
Company and Bohn Team Up to Cool 150,000 Pounds of Fruit Cups per Day
September 2002 - Chicagoland HVAC Insider
 Pat Capella,
Project Manager for Southwest Town Mechanical was faced with a difficult
challenge from Madison Warehouse in Joliet. Madison stores the bulk of the
Midwest distribution for Dole Pineapple fruit cups which must be cooled at
the 50 degree level year round. "Our biggest concern was to come up with a
refrigeration scheme that would give us consistent, even temperature
throughout the 34,000 sq. ft. warehouse and allow for access through
several aisles of product", says Pat.
Teaming up with Gary Nelson of Gustave A.
Larson Company, South Holland branch, and Dave Lindahl, Bohn Senior Sales
Engineer, Southwest Town recommended 4 BBV Series Condensing units to
provide 76 tons of refrigeration at 35 degree suction temperature. The
condensers were lined up with 8 evaporators that were positioned back to back
in each aisle to provide a consistent throw
of cooled air. Dave Lindahl ran all the loads and
specified the system. According to Dave, "We went with
the multiple systems for simplicity of install and service. Each unit is
controlled by an individual thermostat so we provided systems that run
independently to provide cooling only as needed. The units were also
configured with the Bohnmizer
energy savings head pressure control system which adjusts automatically to
outside ambient and provide the ideal flow of refrigerant. The Bohnmizer
control offers design simplicity, and has proven to be one of our most
dependable, proven technologies. It was an ideal match for the Madison
Project.
Gerry Grilec, Vice President of Southwest Town
coordinated the helicopter lift and
setting of the units. "By working closely with Gary Nelson of Gustave A.
Larson, we were able to plan the staging of equipment in
Madison parking lot until the day of the lift. At the time of the lift all
the evaporators had been installed and piping through the roof had been
accomplished. The condensers were set within 30 minutes which reduced our
expense for the lift and provided our customer with an efficient, cost
effective install", says Gerry.
For more information on Bohn products,
contact your Chicagoland Larson Sales Consultant or Larson Area Manager
Rich Pawela at (708) 344-0810 or (888) 343-0810
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Gerry Grilec, Southwest Town, Gary Nelson, Gustave A. Larson
Company, Bill Carbine, Southwest Town, and Rich Yavenue of Gustave
A. Larson Company |
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Dave
Lindahl, Bohn Sales Engineer, inspects one of eight evaporators with
Pat Cappella, Project Manager. |
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