The addition of more bottling machines impacts which of the following system loads in proportion to machine count?

• A. Steam demand
• B. Water flow rate
• C. Electrical load
• D. Cooling capacity

Answer: (A)

Steam demand grows in direct proportion to the number of bottling machines because each machine requires a fixed amount of steam for its cycle, such as bottle sterilization, CIP, or hot-fill steps. When you add more machines, you add the same steam usage per unit, so the total steam demand increases linearly with machine count. Other loads aren't as directly tied to per-machine steam consumption: water flow depends on cleaning and rinsing cycles and can vary with process design, electrical load depends on motor sizes and controls and may not scale in the same fixed way, and cooling capacity is typically sized to handle the overall heat load rather than a one-to-one steam input per machine.