Climate control for industry

CPC Biotech srl: Pharmaceutical industry specialised in the production of analytical enzymes

CPC Biotech, founded in 2006, is one of the world's leading companies in the field of analytical enzyme production for use in quality control in the pharmaceutical, clinical chemical and food industries. 
 
The challenge 

Production facilities in the pharmaceutical sector require precise temperature and humidity conditions. Given this requirement, the challenge for the designer of CPC Biotech's air conditioning systems was threefold: 

  • Maintain constant temperature and humidity all year round in the plant's culture areas, which were built inside ISO 7-class white rooms.
  • Ensure comfort in the different areas of the building 
  • Limit the costs of the air conditioning system serving both the production and other areas 
The solution

To maintain a controlled and constant humidity and temperature level all year round in the production areas of the culture mediums used to evaluate the antibiotic load or resistance of bacteria (petri dishes), the designer chose a hydronic type air-conditioning system based on air handling units powered by two Clivet polyvalent air-cooled WDAT-iK4 340.2 heat pumps of 700 kW each. 

The multi-purpose units produce hot and chilled water to serve the AHUs to maintain controlled conditions in the production areas and proper comfort in the offices. 

The two polyvalents are coordinated in cascade by the Intelliplant system, which manages the sequence of the two polyvalents according to the demands of the plant, the consumption of which is measured by Clivet with flow meters.  

Intelliplant also manages the operating logic of the pumping units by keeping the flow rate constant at the primary and variable at the secondary, guaranteeing lower pump consumption.  

Why choose two multifunctional units managed by Intelliplant?

Socotis comment  
Multifunctional units are the perfect solution for industrial buildings where there is a simultaneous demand for heating and cooling throughout the year. 
Management via a proprietary supervisory system of the same company supplying the cooling units allows the most efficient working combination to be worked out already according to the operating conditions. 
In addition to this, we use dynamic control logics to analyse the data collected to carry out a predictive diagnosis of the units and the plant. 
 
CPC Biotech commentary on results  
The installation of the Intelliplant system has optimised the plant's energy consumption and optimised its management. 
In addition to this, the Intelliplant system communicates directly with the Clivet after-sales service, which can intervene in the resolution of any maintenance problems independently, without the customer having to make a direct request for intervention.  
 
Results 
The system adopted makes it possible to respect the humidity and temperature conditions required by the end customer's production, as well as obtaining the correct comfort in the rooms, all while saving energy and thus cutting running costs. 
 
Clivet units installed 

  • 2 SCREWLine4-i polyvalent heat pumps (WDAN-iK4 MF) 
  • 1 Intelliplant 

 
The protagonists  

  • Ownership: CPC Biotech 
  • Design: Socotis SPA 
  • Clivet Agency: Pieracci, Milan