FrioNordica AS is an industrial refrigeration company that has extensive experience in developing cost-effective cooling solutions for the fishing, fish processing and aquaculture industry.
The FrioNordica group includes Aquaterm and Finsam Refrigeration, as well as FrioNordica SA in Chile. Aquaterm specialises in the cooling and heating of seawater and manufactures RSW systems for fishing vessels as well as heat pumps for fish farming.
Finsam is recognised worldwide within the fishing industry as a specialist in ice systems with products such as ice machines, ice plants and ice slurry systems.
Ice machines and plants
Finsam offers a full range of ice machines and ice plants to cover all of the requirements for onboard as well as land-based installations. Finsam's containerised ice plants with plate ice machines and ice rake systems have proven to be the most reliable solution for fishing ports and processing plants worldwide. Such plants can be made fully automatic including “Auto-Ice” for self-service delivery to vessels and trucks.
Finsam offers two different concepts for ice slurry. One solution is based on use from an existing ice plant, the other by using the Finsam Flow-Ice units, which makes ice directly from seawater.
RSW plants and heat pumps
Aquaterm heat exchangers represent new technology in refrigeration, using enhanced tubular geometry and effective thin film principles in evaporation and condensation. These are the most compact designs on the market.
Other features include low refrigerant charge, leak-proof welded tube-to-tube sheet joints and non-corrosive plastic end caps.
Tubes and tube sheets are made of titanium for seawater applications. For freshwater applications stainless 316 is used. Aquaterm offers assembled RSW and heat pump units with a capacity range of 100-1,400kW. RSW systems can also be delivered as a package of components for tailor-made installation on board.
The new RSW and heat pump models are equipped with FrioLogica Control which is an electronic monitoring and control device for compressor and connected processes, with easy-to-operate touch display and online information on relevant conditions, e.g. pressure, temperature, flow, running hours, capacity per cent, safety controls and alarm history. The system can communicate via the internet to central control systems.
Heat exchangers
FrioNordica can offer a full program of titanium heat exchangers for refrigeration plants. This program includes shell and tube condensers, oil coolers, and spray chillers. This product range also includes Flow-Ice generators to be used by other ice machine manufacturers. All titanium heat exchangers are offered with a 10 year warranty against corrosion.
