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GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft

Düsseldorf, May, 2015

Engineering for a better world Product examples

engineering for a better world

Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients to launch new innovative products

• Continuous process to withdraw water by freezing

instead of evaporation

GEA Juice Freeze

Concentration

Innovation

Impact on product quality

• Natural flavor can be preserved in the concentrate

(e.g. juices, coffee, milk)

• Better taste and aroma of end product justifying higher price

• Higher overall equipment efficiency due to less demanding

cleaning in place (CIP)

Benefit for industrial customers

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Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients to reduce total cost of ownership

GEA Niro MSD™ Spray Dryer Size 4000:

Up to 700 tonnes milk powder per day

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Equivalent of ~300 truckloads

of raw milk per day1

• Use scale-up algorithm based on computational

fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling and deep

process know-how to design the world’s largest

milk powder plant

Innovation

• Approximately 10% lower total cost of

ownership (TCO)

Benefit for industrial customer

Impact on costs

• Compact spray dryer chamber

• Simpler operation

• Lower energy cost

1 based on assumption of 15,000 litres raw milk per truckload (4.4m litres of raw milk shall be processed to 700t milk powder)

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Energy-efficient solutions made by GEA help industrial clients to reduce energy and water consumption

• By coupling a refrigeration system and a heat pump cold and heat

are provided efficiently at the same time

GEA Heat Pump Innovation

Impact on production costs

• Lower energy and water costs

• >50% reduction in water usage

• >20% less electrical energy for cooling

• >50% reduction in gas usage

Benefit for an industrial customer in numbers (real sample)

GEA product examples on sustainability


Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients to minimize dehydration losses

• Uniquely designed high-velocity air jets quickly reduce the outer-

layer temperature of food and break the insulating boundary layer,

thereby minimizing dehydration losses

GEA HVF-series freezer Innovation

Value loss with conventional freezer

Basic calculation:

• 25,000 kg of hamburgers per day

• 1.2% weight loss by freezing

• 300 kg x 3€/kg market value = 900€ value loss per day

• 50% reduction in weight loss

• Benefit of 135,000€ per year

• Amortization after 1.7 years

Benefit of GEA HVF-servies freezer for industrial customer



Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients to reduce energy consumption

• Highest g-volume achieved by high rotating speeds and available

bowl volume for clarification purposes

• Energy optimized design with less electrical components for energy

recovery or belt drives, i.e. less circulating power

GEA ecoforce decanter Innovation

Impact on costs

• Less installation space needed in comparison to former design

principles by still maintaining clarification efficiency

• Lower energy costs provided by several design features and

several options for upgrades and modifications during life-time

• Reduction in specific energy consumption by ecoforce decanters

of up to 50%*

• Scalable design principle in modular design to optimize service

handling, training and spare parts and upgrade logistics


* in comparison to older series from same supplier



Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients in environmental-friendly ballast water treatment

• Two-stage system combining a mechanical filtration system with

subsequent disinfection by UV radiation

• Inactivation of microorganisms by UV-C and integrated ultrasonic

cleaning to achieve the best UVT rate in the industry of around 45%

GEA BallastMaster ultraV 250 Innovation

Impact on environment

• Avoidance of carry-over of alien species, including bacteria,

microbes, eggs and larvae into non-natural habitats, e.g. Chinese

crab eggs in German waters

• No contamination of the environment by chemicals or other

hazardous materials and residuals

• No additional initial costs for cleaning agents or fresh water and

also avoiding additional storage area

• Closed system with low total cost of ownership by most efficient

operation and avoidance of disposal costs for process effluents




Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients to produce zero waste

• Ceramic membranes form the centerpiece of this cross-flow

filtration

• The material is absolutely food neutral and can be regenerated

during life time of about 10 years

GEA clearamic beer filtration Innovation


• No need for filter aids such as kieselguhr

• No waste, no replacement during life time

• No waste. Pure taste

• Purest beer quality – brewed in a way that is sustainable and

reduces costs




Innovations made by GEA help farmers to turn liquid manure into compost or green bedding

• The horizontal dewaterer Xtract can process in one minute ¾ to 1x

the amount of daily manure produced by 1 cow

• The Xpress presses fiber so that it can be manageably piled and

the percentage remaining in the fiber is well suitable for composting

or green bedding

GEA XTract and XPress Innovation

Benefit for the farmer



Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients to keep their products longer fresh

• Two bacteria removal separators are used in series during the fresh

milk production process to separate bacteria up to 99.9% reliably

• The prolong separation process gives fresh milk an extended shelf

life up to minimum three weeks

GEA Westfalia Separator prolong

Innovation

Impact on environment and costs

• Energy savings by avoidance of high temperature treatment and

preservation of the full flavor and original taste of a fresh product

• Positive effects in terms of consumer demands by maintaining cost

saving potential in transportation and stock-keeping

• Better taste and aroma of extended fresh life (EFL) provide

preconditions for trading up and hence higher margins

• Optimized utilization of assets by flexible operation in similar

processes including further advantages, e.g. quality of cheese




Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients to protect the ozone layer

• Our refrigeration components (e.g. compressors) are used in

conjunction with natural refrigerants like ammonia and carbon

dioxide as opposed to ozone destructive CFC or global warming

effecting HFC refrigerants

Compressors with

natural refrigerants

Innovation


• No contribution to the depletion of the ozone layer and no

significant influence to the greenhouse effect

• Sustainable and environmentally friendly production




• Lower energy consumption and therefore less CO2 emission

• No contribution to the depletion of the ozone layer and no significant

influence to the greenhouse effect

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Innovations made by GEA help industrial clients to minimize energy consumption

• Our screw compressor, designed for natural refrigerants, is the first

one with pressure activated check valve for lowest pressure drop.

Due to the optimized flow and the extended control range the

energy consumption gets minimized.

Redesign of a screw

compressor series –

GEA Grasso M

Innovation


• Energy savings 3 - 7% in full load

• Energy savings up to 15% in part load

• Less maintenance due to less mechanical parts

• Wider range of applications




Energy-efficient solutions made by GEA help industrial clients to minimize the total cost of ownership

GEA Grasso BluGenium Innovation



• High efficient ammonia chiller optimized for full and part load

operation with compact dimensions

• Minimum carbon footprint due to low power consumption of the GEA

Grasso V reciprocating compressor

• Global warming potential of zero by using the natural refrigerant

ammonia

Minimum total cost of ownership due to

• Maximum energy-efficiency with an ESEER >9

(European Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio)

• Low maintenance costs by extended service intervals


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