Saint Gobain Abrasive
Worcester, MA –
With IMEC’s assistance, Saint Gobain Abrasives in Worcester, MA is upgrading an on-site Powerhouse facility to pave the way to increase its CoGen capacity to 5 megawatts.
The company has enlisted IMEC to design and install an Air Cooled Condenser Unit (ACCU) system with a capacity of approximately 100,000 lbs/hour of steam. The exhaust steam from the turbine will be directed to a steam manifold feeding individual condenser coils. A VFD fan system will control ambient airflow to maintain precise condenser pressure.
IMEC is installing the system in a way that eliminates condensate transfer pumps by directing condensate by gravity to a boiler feed tank in the mechanical room. New Variable Speed Drive condensate pumps will be installed to return condensate to the boilers. An Allen Bradley PLC will control the entire system with a remote HMI located on the turbine deck. Completion is expected in March 2017.
Complimentary Energy Efficiency Evaluation
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Learn about how our scientific approach to sustainable mechanical engineering will take your facility into a future of ultra efficiency.
Our engineers will dramatically improve your plant efficiency and help you take advantage of utility company rebates to cover a portion of the cost.
Through a combination of generous utility company rebates and IMEC’s high-efficiency engineering solutions, you’ll realize the benefits of streamlined mechanical systems that produce huge annual power savings.
We recently completed a project that is saving a customer over $1,100,000, annually.
Even if you don’t think you need a new mechanical system, it’s likely that we will discover a facet of your facility’s efficiency that can be improved dramatically. As an Authorized National Grid Project Expeditor, we also manage the utility rebate process for you.
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- Plant walkthrough
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