Steam for the Food Industry
Whenever steam comes into direct contact with food or surfaces that come into contact with food, the highest standards of product safety and hygiene apply. The basis for this is water of at least drinking-water quality.
Food-grade steam without boiler additives
The minerals naturally present in drinking water are beneficial to the human body, but they can cause scale, deposits, or corrosion during steam generation. This not only reduces the system’s efficiency but can also, over the long term, compromise the operational safety and service life of steam-carrying components.
In conventional steam boiler systems, this effect is often counteracted by the use of boiler water additives. However, when steam is used directly in food processing, a different approach is recommended: the use of fully demineralized water in combination with a steam generator made of high-quality stainless steel. This allows for the production of food-grade pure steam without the use of boiler chemicals.
Generate your pure steam right where it’s needed. Long steam lines, standby losses from central boiler systems, and the associated energy consumption can be significantly reduced. And if your company’s on-site photovoltaic system isn’t yet operating at full capacity, a decentralized electric steam generator not only improves your energy balance but also makes it easier to plan operating costs over the long term. Furthermore, in many cases, the regulatory approval requirements associated with conventional steam boiler systems and fossil fuel-fired boilers are eliminated.
Learn more about our wide range of electric steam generators and clean steam converters with capacities from 15 to 300 kW - designed to provide a demand-driven, energy-efficient, and future-proof process steam supply for the food industry.
