When upgrading or modernising your steam plant, you might want to take the opportunity to consider looking at the latest energy efficient steam technology. Making the case to take this step can be difficult. With Spirax Sarco’s expertise in steam, we can help you to create a compelling business case to help you establish the right systems that provide you return on your investment.
Undertaking a steam system audit is a beneficial process that aims to help you identify key areas where you can improve process efficiency, energy efficiency and even increase productivity. These are all compelling reasons to invest in upgrading or modernising your steam system.
As a part of the steam system audit, your local Spirax Sarco engineer can work with you to assess all aspects of your system including steam supply and distribution.
Auditing your current steam system will help you to build a business case for your future plans that demonstrate areas for efficiency gains and system improvements to different stakeholders.
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Spirax Sarco has launched a new steam and thermal energy audit as part of its service portfolio.
For plant managers, two things in life are certain: manufacturing uses a lot of energy; and that energy costs money. In fact, a survey by The Daily Telegraph and YouGov revealed that 28 per cent of manufacturing companies spend more than £250,000 a year on energy . That’s enough to make anyone’s eyes water.
Steam is an incredible heat transfer medium. Every kilogram of steam contains around 2200 kj of condensable energy. That’s 26 times more usable energy than a kilogram of water in a typical heating system based on flow and return temperatures with a delta of 20oC.
Steam is an incredible heat transfer medium and, it’s come a long way from its traditional associations with locomotives and the Industrial Revolution. Today it’s an integral, clean and essential part of modern technology. Without it, our food, textile, chemical, medical, power, heating and transport industries could not exist or perform as they do.
Time. There’s just never enough of it, especially when you’re running a steam system. Your busy job, which is full of deadlines and ever-changing demands, can leave you feeling as though there is no time to stay on top of your steam system’s upkeep.
Running a plant room or energy centre certainly isn’t an easy task, is it? As if the complexity of a vast array of technologies all working together as one wasn’t enough, you’ve also got to be mindful of how running costs are rising and savings are becoming much more difficult to achieve. And that’s before we even consider the importance of emissions – or rather, the importance of limiting them.