As Government carbon targets put pressure on health managers to reduce carbon emissions, Spirax Sarco claims a steam system audit can offer “a multitude of cost- effective, energy-saving solutions – even helping NHS estates managers secure Government funding by identifying projects that will lead to measurable carbon reduction”.
The company adds: “With little investment, many steam systems have the scope to achieve higher efficiency through improved control, closer monitoring, and more regular maintenance. A steam system audit can help tackle these issues by assessing just a single plant room, or an entire steam system. Audits can be tailored to any process or budget, and used to analyse the steam system and its operation to make recommendations on how to improve efficiency quickly and safely.”
Spirax Sarco says one such audit helped one customer reduce gas consumption at its site by 18%. “Steam system optimisation played a major role in achieving the overall savings, leading to an extremely rapid payback for the audit”. In addition, the s audit highlighted a variety of other energy-saving measures, such as repairing and installing insulation, improving blowdown control on a boiler, and repairing or replacing any malfunctioning steam traps. The Spirax Sarco engineers compiled an asset list of all steam traps around the site, and the customer has now engaged the company to carry out an annual inspection and service across the entire population.
To discover how a Spirax Sarco steam system audit can bring significant energy savings, visit: www.SpiraxSarco.com/uk or telephone: 01242 535390.
