Macfrut 2017, Cefla’s hight-efficiency greenhouse

 

Cefla Plant Solutions participated in MacFrut, the international reference fair for the fruit and vegetable sector held from 10 to 12 May at the Rimini Expo Centre, with the setting up of a high-efficiency greenhouse. At Hall B1, Stand 073, Cefla demonstrated its cogeneration and trigeneration plants in action, which are designed to reduce costs and environmental impact through the provision of electrical, thermal and refrigerating energy, adapting to every cultivation need in covered environments. The space was set up along with C-LED, which also presented its lighting solutions for industrial greenhouses.

The fair’s entrance was also branded Cefla: the Shopfitting Business Unit was asked to set up the entire area with its innovative display solutions dedicated to fruit and vegetable departments. The display also presented Cefla’s Growing technology for indoor cultivation, presented on the shelves to be in contact with consumers.

The Uffizi Gallery’s Botticelli room reopens with Cefla-supplied energy

With the inauguration of 17th October, the complex work carried out by Cefla Plant Solutions – together with the Integra consortium and the Cmsa cooperative – at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence came to a close. To the city and to art lovers this project has given back a renewed Botticelli room, home to masterpieces such as the ‘Birth of Venus’ and ‘Spring’.

Working with the Gallery always open to the public and in the midst of a series of temporary exhibitions (the work began in 2006), the contractors reconfigured the room in the manner of the original set-up conceived by Bartoli in 1948, characterised by broad beams of light streaming in through the new ceiling profile.
To comply with the project, a reticular structure, suspended above the room, was made: this preserves the original trusses of the Buontalenti theatre built for the Medici, which remain intact and accessible to researchers. This structure, moreover, supports the ceiling and has allowed the installation of an advanced electrical-mechanical system network that serves the room and adjacent chambers: all these systems can easily be accessed by technicians.
To increase the available display area the room was sub-divided into two spaces using floor-to-roof partitions, inside of which air intake ducting and electrical and other special equipment panels were inserted.

Other works carried out during the project included upgrading of the internal microclimate and lighting systems for the Sale dei Primitivi and the installation of a skylight in the Sala Archeologica.
Note also the underground concealment of system connection hubs and the setting up of a control booth beneath the Piazzale degli Uffizi. All achieved without ever closing the passageway to the tourists, who were able to enjoy the view of the square at all times.

Cefla takes part in Oracle Cloud Day in Milan

On 14th November in Milan, Cefla Plant Solutions participated in Oracle Cloud Day, the key event for digital transformation within companies and for the new frontiers of Industry 4.0.

During the day at the MiCo – Milano Congressi, a variety of meetings and conventions were held, which addressed the fundamental transformation taking place within organisations in the financial sector and the large supermarket chains, and the consequent operational changes required in work flows in order to achieve greater transactional efficiency.

In this regard Alessio Monni, Cefla Order Management, illustrated the case of Elettrica Roma Nord, a consortium company operating in the Utilities sector, in which Cefla has a 51% interest.

Elettrica Roma Nord has implemented an Oracle ERP Cloud system for handling processes relating to finance, the purchasing cycle, warehouse, sales reporting, cost accounting and work order management.

The project went live in 3 months together with a series of related services including warehouse goods inwards, the booking of invoices for goods and services and the handling of payment certificates. A bespoke application was developed using an extension of the Oracle Cloud platform for handling work orders, to enable management monitoring, and, finally, an order reporting platform was created using the Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service.

Cefla Plant Solutions at Cibus Tec to present trigeneration

Retrieved energy can ensure refrigeration down to -40°C, a perfect solution for many food companies, starting with the fruit and vegetable and meat processing sectors.

IMOLA. Cefla Plant Solutions’ cogeneration and trigeneration systems were illustrated at the 51st edition of Cibus Tec, one of the main technological innovation fairs for the agro-industrial sector, held in Parma from 25 to 28 October 2016. At the event, Cefla Plant Solutions – the leader in industrial and civil engineering plants – presented two technologies, both designed to improve energy efficiency and thus reduce costs and environmental impact. More specifically, a trigeneration plant allows, in addition to the production of electricity, retrieval of a part of the heat produced by the thermodynamic transformation. This can provide refrigeration at temperatures as low as -40°C. This new feature is particularly useful in all food applications where sub-zero storage is required or, for example, where foods, such as fresh meats, need to be stored at controlled temperatures.
“Trigeneration is a technology that we’re keen to develop for our customers”, explains Stefano Cocchi, Cefla Plant Solutions Area Manager. “Until now it was little known and under-developed in this market sector and the prospects are exciting. This is a market where we have already completed major projects, starting with the construction of a plant for an American company working in the vegetable sector”.

Cefla provides Fruttagel with highly eco-sustainable plant

Motore per Acea_Cefla e GECefla has designed a new electricity production plant for Fruttagel, the cooperative consortium (based in Alfonsine, in the province of Ravenna) which specialises in frozen foods, preserves and fruit drinks. The company, which has facilities in Emilia-Romagna and Molise, is a founder of the Almaverde Bio Consortium. It has always been extremely attentive to both product quality and the environment and has, for this reason, commissioned Cefla Plant Solutions to design a plant that can guarantee high energy efficiency and minimise environmental impact in terms of carbon emissions.

The project, expected to be completed over the coming months, features two container-mounted gensets capable of generating 1,700 kW and supplying 30% of the electricity needed for the processing carried out at Fruttagel. The plant has been designed to retrieve fume heat (to produce steam and so reduce the impact on the environment) and cooling water heat (for use within the facility). 
Overall efficiency is 85%, allowing savings of 1,285 TOE (tonne of oil equivalent). Over the course of a year, the Cefla-supplied plant will provide Fruttagel with savings of 2,300 TCO2 (tons of carbon dioxide not released into the environment).

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