The project was focused around the freezing process used to freeze crabs at Royal Greenland’s crab processing facilities in Paamiut, Sisimiut and Qeqertarsuaq, West Greenland on a daily basis. The goal was to develop a method to freeze the crabs faster by utilizing a freezing tub with improved conditions fro transmission of heat in the form of jets and slush ice.
Freezing time shortened significantly
The project showed that it is possible to shorten the time the snow crab spends in the freezing tub by 20-30 percent by improving the water flow with jets and thereby improve the conditions for transmission of heat during the freezing process. The gain is an improved product quality.
Cutting edge technology
The project has provided specific knowledge to Royal Greenland on how the freezing process can be improved at our three crab processing facilities, in addition to giving insight into the newest thermal measuring methods, which the Danish Institute of Technology employs in their daily work. Furthermore, the project collaboration will ensure that Royal Greenland is at the forefront with the newest and most efficient processing technologies for cooked and frozen crab products.
The project “Development of New Freezing and Cooling Methods for Food Items Based on Immersion Freezing with Slush Ice as Cooling Subject” has been carried out as a collaboration between Torben Kamp employed in the quality department at Royal Greenland Sisimiut, Niels Boeknaes, Processing Developer at Royal Greenland Denmark and the Danish Institute of Technology in Aarhus.
