Abstract

The project is principally based on providing an alternative method for saving time as well as energy required to melt the butter blocks for the ghee production in dairy process industry. The present method of butter melting has many disadvantages which are tried to overcome by us. Now a day the melting in each dairy plant is carried out in melting vats, by heat exchange phenomenon using high temperature steam. This system has too many losses of energy and more labour work as well as more time which are considerably affecting the overall production and profit of the dairy plants. In this project we are providing a unit which is able to melt the low temperature hard butter blocks with preheating so that there is saving in time required for further melting of the butter for ghee production. Also, it can minimize the heat energy (steam) required for melting of the butter by providing more surface for heat exchange of butter blocks.