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AustCold
INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION AND GAS COMPRESSION PLANT

AUSTCOLD

THE DRIVING FORCE

BEHIND OUR TECHNOLOGY
THE MAJOR SUPPLIER OF THE SCREW COMPRESSORS AT THE
HEART OF OUR COOLING PACKAGES HAS, FOR MOST OF OUR
HISTORY, BEEN HOWDEN, A GLOBAL COMPANY WITH A PRESENCE
ON EVERY CONTINENT AND A REPUTATION FOR THE HIGHEST
QUALITY OF ENGINEERING.

FOR OVER THREE DECADES, AUSTCOLD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR SUPPLIER

OF LARGE INDUSTRIAL SKID-MOUNTED SCREW COMPRESSOR PACKAGES
FOR REFRIGERATION AND GAS COMPRESSION.

The increasingly strong relationship between the

two companies reached a natural conclusion in
2010 when AustCold became part of the Howden
Global organisation.

AUSTCOLD MARKETS
Our equipment is installed in key situations throughout the world, serving industries such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, mining, chemicals and power. AustCold
products are designed to cope with the most challenging conditions, from high temperatures to sub zero conditions. We have designed and supplied refrigeration
packages for offshore drilling rigs and floating production, storage and offloading vessels. We are the preferred supplier in sectors where reliability and efficiency
have to be beyond doubt.

Oil and Gas

Petrochemicals

Mining

Chemicals

Howden are a major world force in compressor

technology. They designed the worlds first
diaphragm compressor, a major advance in providing
contamination-free processing, and were the first
to commercialise screw compressor technology. The
combination of high efficiency with low maintenance
costs makes Howden screw compressors an extremely
economical choice over the life of the plant, and the
uniform output pressure eliminates vibration and offers
problem-free running with even the most difficult gases.
Howdens leading position in this field is maintained
by Howden Compressors dedicated Research and
Development team, based in Glasgow, Scotland,

Power Generation

Above images show Howden rotary twin screw compressors

designed and manufactured at Howden Compressors global
centre of excellence facility in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

supported by the companys comprehensive test

facilities. Today, the combination of AustColds
application experience in the gas and liquified gas
sectors and Howdens worldwide and world-class
engineering expertise consolidates our position at
the forefront of gas compression and industrial
refrigeration technology.
By supplying the compressor and ancillary equipment
as a single and fully tested unit, AustCold lifts the
burden of potential mismatches between system
components and the worry of assigning responsibility
where a number of suppliers are involved in a complex
engineering project. We deliver a fully assembled unit,
and guarantee that it will meet specification and offer
problem-free running from the day it is commissioned.
The advantages of buying from a single supplier have
never been stronger.

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A FULLY PACKAGED PRODUCT,

A FULLY PACKAGED SERVICE
OUR CUSTOM DESIGNED PACKAGES ARE SUPPLIED READY FOR INSTALLATION IN A WIDE RANGE OF
SITUATIONS INCLUDING PROCESS GAS CHILLING, MINE AIR COOLING USING EITHER UNDERGROUND
OR SURFACE UNITS, LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE RECONDENSERS FOR AMMONIA, ETHYLENE AND
BUTANE, CARBON DIOXIDE COMPRESSION, DEW POINT CONTROL IN NATURAL GAS PROCESSING,
LPG PRODUCTION, GLYCOL OR WATER CHILLING.
Thirty years of specialised design and manufacture
focused on the precise needs of process critical
industries has given us considerable insight into,
and experience of, application engineering.
This understanding informs every aspect of our
services, and enables us to focus considerable
expertise on the design and assembly of skid-mounted
packages precisely tailored to the requirements
of each customer and each application. We can
offer a complete turnkey service that covers the
entire procedure from initial consultation right
through to commissioning, and extends into full
aftermarket care.

CUSTOM DESIGNED PACKAGES

Process gas chilling

Mine air cooling

(surface or underground)

HOWDEN COMPRESSORS: UNMATCHED SCREW TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

Liquefied gas storage

recondensers for ammonia,
ethylene and butane

Carbon dioxide
compression

Dew point control in

natural gas processing,
LPG production, glycol
or water chilling

Screw compressor rotor manufacture at Howden

Compressors factory in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Howdens experience of modern screw compressor

technology is unmatched. They were the first
company to commercialise the process, working
with its developer Alf Lysholm in the 1930s and
providing the high quality, low tolerance engineering
skill required for the precision manufacturing of the
helical screws. Ever since, they have been in the
vanguard of screw compressor evolution. In 1961,
they developed the worlds first oil injected
controlled capacity compressors, and it is these
devices that form the core of most of the packages
AustCold build.

Linked into the customers

existing interfaces

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Oil separator

Compressor motor

Instrumentation and controls

MORE THAN THE

SUM OF THE PARTS
THE PACKAGES WE SUPPLY ARE DESIGNED TO INCLUDE ALL
OF THE REQUIRED COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS READY FOR
CONNECTING TO THE PLANT ON SITE.
The package is usually built as a single skid-mounted
assembly on a heavy-duty galvanised steel base, but
multiple skids or skids plus ancillary equipment are
all within our experience.

Refrigeration packages are designed and supplied with

all the components necessary to enable complete
operation and typically includes compressor, compressor
driver, oil separator, condenser and evaporator.

The package is always optimised for its final

destination and ready to be linked into the
customers existing interfaces, and whatever the
configuration we ensure that easy access is available
for future servicing and maintenance needs.

Plant configurations allow for many variations in

design including single or multiple compressors,
electric motor or gas engine drivers, air or water
cooled condensers and plate, kettle, shell and tube,
or shell and plate evaporators. The process chosen
for the refrigeration will optimize the capital and
power cost within the design parameters

MCB TOWER, KARACHI

GOLD MINE, CANADA

Image courtesy of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited

TANK FARM, SHANGHAI

The 116m tall MCB Tower in Karachi, headquarters of

the MCB Bank, is the tallest building in Pakistan and a
flagship project in its level of energy conservation. It
has its own gas turbine to generate power, and we
supplied the fuel gas compressor for the turbine. The
package included an electric motor, a three-stage oil
separator, cooler, filters and pump, with all appropriate
wiring, instrumentation and control panels. Because of
the situation, noise was an important parameter. The
sound produced by our unit was just 85dB(A) at one
metre. Where noise is an issue, we can also fit acoustic
hoods over the compressors.

We supplied cooling units designed to deliver

chilled water for circulation in underground bulk
air cooling systems in a Canadian gold mine. In
addition to the skid-mounted components which
included an oil separators, pump, filters and oil
cooling system, an evaporator and condenser, an
accumulator and all necessary piping and wiring,
we added non-corrosive bulk air coolers, a cooling
tower and a separate motor control system. The
entire package was pressure-tested at our factory,
quality assured to AS2990, and commissioned on
site by our engineers.

For a cryogenic tank farm in Shanghai storing ethylene

and ammonia, we supplied three fully equipped skidmounted compressor packages for ammonia, two for
propylene, one skid-mounted ammonia heat exchanger
with purger, condenser, liquid receiver and glycol chiller,
and one skid-mounted ethylene/ propylene heat
exchanger with condensers, an ethylene depressuriser
and a liquid receiver. In a second project in Shanghai,
we mounted three compressors with motors and
ancillary equipment on a single skid. We also delivered,
as a separate package, an air cooled heat exchanger
large enough to handle two compressors in parallel.

Single skid-mounted assembly on a heavy-duty

galvanised steel or two-part epoxy painted base

Easy access for future

servicing and maintenance

Oil-injected
Howden compressor

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GLOBAL BENEFITS
AUSTCOLD ENGINEERS HAVE MORE THAN A GENERATION OF
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN THE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING
AND APPLICATION OF REFRIGERATION AND GAS COMPRESSION.
SINCE BECOMING PART OF THE HOWDEN GLOBAL ORGANISATION,
THEY ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO AN UNPRECEDENTED WORLDWIDE
SOURCE OF EXPERIENCE.
Howden has been a leader in air and gas handling
technology for over 150 years, and today
incorporates companies in 16 countries. Their
organisational structure covers every continent.
This means that AustCold and their customers have
the advantage fast access to local engineering
support whenever required.
The global reach and local knowledge of
Howden also brings great benefits in supply chain
management, allowing us to avoid production
bottlenecks and source the most economical and
environmentally responsible sources for raw
materials and external suppliers.
HOWDEN GLOBAL LOCATIONS

SETTING BENCHMARKS IN HEALTH, SAFETY

AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
AustCold is dedicated to the highest standards of
environmental responsibility and health & safety,
both within our factory and on every external site
where we operate. The entire Howden global
organisation vigorously pursues a programme of
constant improvement in health & safety through
a formal structure that involves everyone from
the shop floor to the boardroom.
Our products are designed to improve environmental
performance by offering higher efficiency and lower
energy costs to their end user. The pursuit of
environmental best practice also runs through
the manufacturing process from supply chain
management to engineering logistics.
Howdens commitment to the future is reflected
in their creation of Howden Academy, a groundbreaking training opportunity offered to new
Howden employees from throughout the world.
The success of the venture has led to its course
materials increasingly being offered on-line to a
wider cross-section of the international workforce.
One of the effects of the Academy is to consolidate
Howdens strength as a global repository of
exceptional application knowledge and product
information in which any engineer, working on-site
anywhere in the world, has access to an immense
body of advice and experience.

AUSTCOLD IS DEDICATED TO THE HIGHEST

STANDARDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND HEALTH & SAFETY,
BOTH WITHIN OUR FACTORY AND ON
EVERY EXTERNAL SITE WHERE WE OPERATE.

ALL AUSTCOLD PRODUCTS

ARE QUALITY ASSURED TO
ISO9001 STANDARDS, AND
OUR HEALTH & SAFETY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES
MEET OHSAS18001 AND
ISO14001 RESPECTIVELY.

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AFTERMARKET SUPPORT
WE PROVIDE A FULL LIFETIME SPARES PARTS AND AFTERCARE SERVICE FOR
EVERY UNIT WE SUPPLY. THE PARTS WE SUPPLY ARE ALWAYS FROM THE
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER, AND ARE GENERALLY DELIVERED
IN A PRE-PACKAGED KIT WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.

Because we retain all details of each installation,

we can not only ensure that any parts we supply are
appropriate, we can advise about any upgrades or
enhancements that will improve the efficiency or
performance of your refrigeration and gas
compression package.
Our experienced service engineers can ensure that
parts are fitted or upgraded, and all necessary checks
carried out, with the minimum of downtime.

WHERE A COMPRESSOR HAS

BEEN RUNNING FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS, WE CAN INSPECT IT AND,
IF APPROPRIATE, RECOMMEND
A FULL SERVICE RE-BUILD OF
THE EQUIPMENT.
This is a major overhaul that will bring the
compressor back to as-new or, where upgrades
are available, to better than new operation.

AustCold supply only original Howden spare parts for

compression systems based on Howden screw compressors.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT AUSTCOLD ON

61 2 8844 9100 OR VISIT WWW.HOWDEN.COM/AUSTCOLD

AustCold
The combination of our product knowledge with our extensive applications
experience, gained by our engineers on sites throughout the world, allows
us to provide our customers with support from the initial project inception
right through to the end of the plant life.
For more information about AustCold products and services, please contact:

AustCold
Unit 23, 38-46 South Street, Rydalmere
N.S.W 2116 Australia

Tel: +61 2 8844 9100

Fax: +61 2 8844 9101
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.howden.com/austcold

AustCold is a Howden Australia company

HOWDEN AUSTRALIA

Howdens engineering and project management activities in

Australia are headquartered in Sydney, and we manufacture
replacement elements for rotary heat exchangers in
Melbourne. Howden Australia designs and supplies a
comprehensive range of fans, blowers, heat exchangers,
and is the central point for Howdens Asia Pacific operations
incorporating sales, engineering, contract management and
service support functions for all Howden products and
services, including Howdens range of compressors.

Howden Group Limited. All rights reserved. 2010

Howden and the flying H logo are registered trade marks belonging to Howden Group Limited.

AustCold Refrigeration Pty Ltd is a member of the Howden Group of companies.

Howden, founded in 1854, is the worlds leading supplier of

fans, compressors and rotary regenerative heat exchangers for a
large range of industrial applications. Whether pre-engineered
or custom built for a specific application, our products are known
throughout the world for their high levels of performance,
reliability and innovation.