Baxter Manufacturing’s Rieti plant reports steam trap payback 11 May 2012

Italian healthcare firm Baxter Manufacturing is reporting a 12-month payback on GEM venturi orifice steam traps, installed at its Cittaducale, plant.

Thermal Energy International had installed a total of 92 GEM steam traps throughout the process plant, eliminating problems of mechanical steam trap failure and high maintenance costs.

The company had asked Thermal Energy International to conduct a survey of its mechanical traps, which were regularly failing open, partly open and closed, necessitating both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.

Its report on 51 steam traps surveyed found that 30% had failed, resulting in an estimated 757 tonnes of steam being lost each year at a cost of about 31,000 euros.

As a result of the changeover project, Baxter would not only be saving costs in energy and a reduction in maintenance, but would also reduce its start-up time and cut CO2 emissions by an estimated 131 tonnes.

TEI demonstrated that by replacing the existing traps with the GEM venturi orifice design, blocked steam traps could be prevented from impacting on production and start-up times – and by efficiently returning condensate back to the boilers, maximum energy savings would be achieved.

All 92 mechanical traps installed on industrial steam and clean steam applications, including PSG, distillers, air conditioning units and heat exchangers, were replaced with appropriately sized GEM steam traps.

Such has been the success of Thermal Energy International's GEM steam traps that Baxter Manufacturing plans to install more GEM traps as further improvements and investment is made at the manufacturing facility.

BrianTinham

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