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Compressor manufacturer Jun-Air believes that an on-site air compressor provides the ideal solution to the problem of cylinder gas storage in the light of the continued discharge of CO2 and new CO2 legislation governing bar cellars.
Current Health and Safety issues regarding the use of CO
Together with environmental concern over CO2 discharge into the atmosphere, this has led to a significant increase in the demand for compressed air to replace CO
Carlsberg, for example, has installed over 200 beer-dispense systems throughout
"As beer dispense systems are always in demand, we had to find a compressor that was completely reliable as well as being able to produce clean, oil-free compressed air to pressurise the beer in the tanks", he said.
"Jun-Air compressors meet the specification and are easy to install in cellars".
"There are also health and safety and environmental issues to take into account".
"Using compressed air takes away the need for employees to handle heavy and potentially dangerous gas canisters, which in the case of CO2 contains a harmful gas".
"In the past 12 months alone, two men have died in a German brewery due to a CO2 leak".
"Environmentally, the use of compressed air to run beer pumps also reduces the amount of greenhouse gases escaping into the atmosphere".
"Finally, and this is important for landlords or pub chains, beer dispense systems and the compressors are usually supplied by the breweries, which means that the outlets' requirements for costly gas canisters will reduce significantly".
Besides reducing the number of gas cylinders that need to be stored in the cellar, an on-site air compressor can be used to: dispense draught beer (from traditional kegs up to the 500 to 1000 litre pressurized beer tanks seen in many European installations); pump beer and syrup; and operate bag-in-box installations for the dispensing of soft drinks.
Traditionally CO2 has been used to operate beer and soft drinks syrup pumps but, due to environmental concerns, many bars are introducing compressors for larger installations, resulting in a reduction in CO2 use.
For soft drinks applications, the syrup is mixed with water and CO2 at the dispense tap and the compressor provides the air pressure of 4-5bar into the syrup pumps to ensure that the drink is properly mixed and has the correct consistency.
Even the smallest compressor should be able to supply enough compressed air to operate several syrup pumps.
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