Half Year Report 2009

Synergy Health in Sheffield, has reduced gas consumption in its boiler by 11% thanks to an innovative heat recovery system from Spirax Sarco. Faced with ever-increasing fuel costs, Synergy Health commissioned Spirax Sarco to supply and project manage the installation of a skid-mounted Flash Recovery Energy Management Equipment (FREME) system.

Synergy Health provides complete linen management services exclusively to the healthcare sector and is the 2nd largest focused healthcare linen supplier in England . “We are happy with the new system so far, and expect payback on the project within 2 years,” says Darren. “The Spirax Sarco engineers were very helpful, their expertise and professionalism gives you confidence in the service.” explains Darren Haddock, Operations Manager.

Animal vaccine manufacturer Merial located in Brazil, produce a medicine called Ivomec that is used to fight animal coat parasites. They often had a problem with micro-organisms in the water used in the production process.

By testing a pilot project using a compact heating and cooling system, where the water was heated up to 85ºC and then cooled down to 30ºC, Spirax Sarco were able to eliminate this problem, resulting in purified water and a satisfied customer!

Spirax Sarco Germany recently supplied a customer with a complete boilerhouse, installed within a container.

The customer – a meat factory in Austria, managed to save 50% of their costs as there was no requirement for a separate building. The project included shipping two EasiHeat stations, a distribution rack, a condensate pump station, a deaerator, a desalination and all boiler house equipment.

Installing the boilerhouse within a container meant a shorter chimney could be used - saving money, less piping and cabling were required and down time in the meat factory was much shorter. The unit is also portable for future requirements.

Spirax Sarco cut boiler fuel costs by 21% through steam system improvements at Smurfit Kappa UK’s corrugated board factory in Weston-super-Mare. Recycling condensate and flash steam back to the boiler has also halved the amount of water treatment chemicals needed and reduced the site’s water bill by between £300 and £400 a month.

The biggest single contributor to this success is a Spirax Sarco FREME (Flash Recovery Energy Management Equipment) system, which is designed to recover energy from condensate and flash steam. Andy Bale, Engineering Manager, said "Spirax Sarco was very professional and managed the whole process for the steam system while keeping me up to date with every single detail. We’re very pleased with the results."