Longmorn Distillery – Mechanical Vapour Recompression

MacLeod+Jordan delivered a Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) installation for Diageo at Longmorn Distillery in Speyside, providing architecture, principal designer and civil & structural engineering services for the scheme.

MVR recovers and reuses vapour energy generated during distillation, recompressing it to a higher pressure and temperature so it can be reused as a heat source rather than being vented or condensed and discarded. Integrating the plant required careful coordination of new structural steelwork and building fabric around the existing still house.

Fitting new energy-recovery plant into a live, operational distillery meant designing around existing structures, process pipework and access constraints while keeping production running.

The completed installation reduces the distillery's steam demand, cutting energy use and operating costs for the site.