UNILAB BMCTank

Over 300 customers in 50 countries

UNILAB BMCTank is the software developed by UNILAB. This tool allows the calculation of bulk milk tank coolers, using
the pillow plate heat exchanger typology.
The term BMCTank (Bulk Milk Cooler Tank) refers to a family of applications for the cooling of batches of milk or other
edible fluids such as fruit juices, grape juice, etc. In general the fluid cooling happens in 2 phases: in the morning the tank is
half filled, then the machine brings the temperature of that liquid down from 35 C to 4 C in a certain length of time. In the
evening, to the original volume of liquid whose temperature is maintained at 4 C an equal volume with a temperature of
35 C is then added. Our program automatically calculates the average temperature of the total volume.
Furthermore the user can also adjust the temperature, for example
to make sure that the equipment complies with regulation ENV328, which specifies that the total volume of milk must be reduced from 10 C to 4 C in a maximum time of an hour and a half.
During the calculation of the capacity required, consideration is
given to the number of mixers and their size. The application can
indicate the required capacity of the motor-condensation unit and
divide the plate into two or more circuits, to connect to different
motor-condensation units.

Currently, UNILAB BMCTank like all software UNILAB, has a wide

variety of fluids: it contains the thermodynamic and thermophysical properties with 12 mixtures of liquids and a list of more than
300 liquids, gases and refrigerants from the REFPROP NIST
(National Institute of Standards and Technology).

FUNCTIONALITIES
Calculation
modalities
Archive
management
Materials

Fluids

Calculation in Verify
in Direct Expansion (BMC Tank DX)
in Cooling with glicole in the plate (BMC Tank GLY)
Possibility to set, edit and erase the customers data, materials and fluids
The user is able to manage the materials data with the possibility to add new ones,
specifying and inserting the following information: Thermal Conductivity (W/m*K) and
the Density (kg/m3)
Possibility to use the archive or add new ones
The user has the possibility to test the fluids, with charts and/or tables
Technical printout

Printouts

Possibility to export in the formats (PDF, RTF) or graphic (BMP, TIFF, PNG, JPG and GIF)
formats
Plate drawing (possibility to design the plan of the plate automatically)

Drawings

Possibility to print the drawing and export in the formats (PDF, Excel, RTF, EMF) or
graphic (BMP, TIFF, PNG, JPG, GIF) formats
Drawings can be exported into AutoCad (DXF)

Unit of
measurement
Correction
factors
Projects
archive

Possibility to choose or modify the system: SI, Imperial, Custom, Technical

These correction factors align the softwares results (with approximation margin) with
experimental data
Calculations can be saved in files of small dimensions and it is possible to restore them
English and Italian

Languages

Other languages on request with additional cost

Unicode support for non Latin alphabets

Logo

Logo and company data linked to the main brand of the company

Technical
support

Only to customers with regular subscription of maintenance contract, which covers a

maximum of n 3 technical licenses. Automatic renewal

Activation
modality

Digital download An internet connection is required for both installation and activation. Further accesses to the internet connection may be required while using the software

System
requirements

Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista, 7 and 8 32 or 64 bits

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