Volume 61

Technical Assessment of a Standardised Balance of Plant Design for SHIP Integrated HTST Pasteurisation Processes Juan Pablo Santana,Iván Acosta-Pazmiño, João Gomes

Abstract

This study addresses the urgent need to decarbonise heat-intensive processes in the food and beverage (F&B) sector by proposing a standardised Balance of Plant (BoP) framework for integrating Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) with High-Temperature Short-Time (HTST) pasteurisation systems. A modular BoP configuration is designed to streamline implementation, reduce costs, and enhance scalability across industrial contexts. Using Quality Function Deployment (QFD), operational needs are systematically translated into engineering specifications, ensuring reliableoperation, ease of integration, hygienic safety, andthermal performance. The QFD analysis revealed that Instrumentation and Control components, particularly pressure regulation, are critical for ensuring system reliability. The obtained insights on requirement prioritisation and correlation will serve as base considerations for the design of the standardised BoP P&ID.This work contributes to overcoming key market barriersto SHIP adoption by offering a practical, data-driven framework tailored to the specific demands of the F&B industry.

Keywords Solar Heat for Industrial Processes, HTST pasteurisation, Balance of Plant, Quality Function Deployment, Solar thermal, System integration.