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Patent Info

USA Patent No.
6,938,583
Canada Patent No.
2,414,611

 

The Energy Tank™

Less than 1 year Payback

No Mechanical or Moving Parts to Fail

Quick & Easy Maintenance performed in place with nothing more than a set of wrenches

 

 

Case Savings – Selected from over 40 Installations

 

Installation	Boiler Types	Total BHP Installed	BHR Installed	1st Year Savings
Masterfeeds Komoka	Cleaver Brooks	110	BHR-150	$8,750
Masterfeeds Cavan	Cleaver Brooks	150	BHR-15	$11,000
Strathroy Foods Ingersoll	Cleaver Brooks	300	BHR-150	$15,000
Shur-Gain St. Marys	Miura Cleaver Brooks	1,000	2 x BHR-150	>$10,000
Genpak Mississauga	Miura Thermogenics	1,100	BHR-250HM	>$10,000
Canadian Linen Toronto	Miura	500	BHR-150	>$9,000
Cadbury Adams Gladstone	Vapor	1,500	BHR-250HM	>$10,000
Korex Don Valley Toronto	Thermogenics	1,500	BHR-48HM	>$20,000
Kellogg Canada London	B&W	3,600	BHR-48HM	>$21,000

 

BHP = Boiler Horse Power
Savings calculated based on make-up water temperature differences and steam saved in boiler feedwater tank or deaerator.

 

 

Case History Data

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KOREX DON VALLEY ULC
Blowdown Heat Recovery Energy Saving Calculation Worksheet - click here (excel document)

 

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Unilever (Good Humor) Simcoe
Saves >$20,000 in First Year With Patented Blowdown Heat Recovery Process

Boilers:
2 x Miura 200 BHP

Boiler Feedwater: 
Atmospheric Tank
Heated with steam to 160°f (71°C)

Make-up:
Softened city supply

Condensate:
Process condensate sewered
Estimated 30% returns

 

The patented Blowdown Heat Recovery (BHR) process recovers the flash steam produced during blowdown functions to the atmospheric Boiler Feedwater Tank.  This reduces the amount of steam needed to be generated for preheating the make-up water in the Boiler Feedwater Tank.

The remaining energy in the blowdown is sufficient to heat the make-up water from 55°f (12.7°C) to 87°F (30.5°C).  A 32°F temperature increase.

Process condensate, normally discharged to sewer is now passed into the storage section of the BHR vessel to allow the make-up water to pick-up the extra thermal energy.  The make-up temperature now ranges between 95 – 100°F (35 – 37.8°C).  Typically 40 – 45°F above normal city supply water temperatures.

With the recovery of flash steam and heated make-up, the energy required to heat the boiler feedwater to steam temperature is reduced by 494,460 BTU per hour.  This is equivalent to 13.7 cubic meters of natural gas.

On an average day, approximately 330 cubic meters of gas are saved through this process.  At their current gas prices, the savings are projected to be greater than $30,000 per year.

PROJECT COST PROFILE:
          Savings Potential:                  >$30,000
          BHR-150 Capital Cost:                 $6,000
          Installation:                             $10,000
          First Year Projected Savings:     $14,000
          Gas Supplier Rebate:                  $6,000
          Total First Year Savings:     $20,000

 

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References: 

Available upon request – specific to your plant / boiler style