GEM of a saving
July 1st 2008 Loders Crocklaan, a producer of
oils, fats and nutritional ingredients,
is saving 10% in steam
consumption and achieving 15% in
increased production following the
installation of GEM steam traps
across its plant in Holland.
A total of 450 Gardner Energy
Management's Venturi Orifice
steam traps have been installed in
a cross section of applications,
including heat exchangers, trace
heating lines, steamers,
evaporators and autoclaves, with
condensate capacities of 5kg/h to
9t/h per trap.
In addition to the 10% saving in
steam consumption, the company
is saving on make-up water. It has
also achieved a 10 to 20% faster
warm up on its batch processes, a
decrease in water hammer and
production on its distillers has
increased by 10 to 15%.
Payback is much less than the
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