Better
looking, better tasting food & drink
Restaurants
rely on great food and drink for their business. With softened water not
only will your food look more appealing and taste better but your
cleaning, maintenance and life of appliances be increased. Hardness
minerals react with foods, especially protein-based deposits from eggs
and meat, leaving unsightly marks on glasses, crockery, cutlery and
linens. Extra time is required in cleaning and extra cleaning agents are
used.
CUSTOMER:
The Custom House Hotel in London has a
range of bars and restaurants ensuring all tastes are catered for at
affordable prices.
PROBLEM:
In the food service area,
vegetables do not cook satisfactorily and cooking takes longer. The
dishwasher nozzles clog, making crystal/glass look dull and result in
continual repair or maintenance costs.
Hard water used in steam
equipment was causing scale build up. When water was heated to produce steam, the minerals did not vaporize
and instead clung to the metal sides and components of the boiler/steam
generator and formed corrosive insulation known as scale. Each quarter
inch of scale build up increased the energy required to produce steam by
40%. Water scale also coated the electric heating elements which
slowed the equipment's ability to recover steam and caused the boiler
burner to overheat. Scale build-up also formed acid in the boiler
which accelerated spot corrosion. Weakened by pressurized steam, this
can result in the spot
eventually leaking, forcing operators to replace the boiler
at a cost of up to £2,200 (approx. $4,000.00).
SOLUTION:
A commercial water conditioning system was installed
in 2001 to provide luxurious, soft water to the food and drink prepared
in the kitchens and served to
customers at the hotel's four restaurants and bars.
BENEFITS:
