steam trap Articles
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Sunlight Services Group Ltd., Wellingborough, U.K.
Site Engineer John Wright at Sunlight Services Group has tried every make of mechanical steam trap over the last 30 years and found they all failed and continually required testing, new parts or total replacement. Sunlight fitted a couple of GEMs on an ironer and a drier, replacing mechanical traps. An immediate improvement on equipment performance was noted with better temperatures than ever ...
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Unique Steam Traps in Petrochem - Case Study
Engen’s refinery in Durban, South Africa was approached by Delta Steam Systems in 2012 with a proposal to replace all steam traps in the refinery. With a nameplate capacity of 135,000 barrels per day, the refinery produces approximately 40 tons of product per hour, totaling 320,000 liters per day. When first approached by Delta Steam Systems, the refinery was experiencing massive steam ...
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An Emergency Request For A Steam Trap Testing Audit - Case Study
Challenge: Customer complained of high back pressure in their condensate system. He believed that the problem was failed steam traps. Solution: Bruce tested the 250 steam traps and found a failure rate of 23 percent. Around each steam trap was a bypass valve. Failed steam traps did indeed have a direct bearing on the problem he was called into solve: Abnormally High Back Pressure in the ...
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Global steel company saves energy, replacement steam traps and maintenance with Thermal Energy International’s gem steam traps
A major global steel company, based in India, is saving on energy, replacement steam traps and maintenance after replacing its thermodynamic traps with Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice design. Following successful bucket tests on drip legs, Thermal Energy International’s Indian agent, Hyderabad based Zenith Marketing & Consultants, has installed 400 GEM traps ...
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GEM condensate return system projects
Most of the Coca-Cola consumed in Northern Ireland comes from the company’s Lambeg bottling plant. An assessment was conducted on the steam trap needs for the water heater of the company’s large bottle washer and bucket tests showed variable flow up to a quarter of a tonne of steam per hour. The two inverted bucket steam traps in the system were proving unreliable, so they were replaced with ...
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Deeside laundry enjoys reduced gas bills following installation of gem steamtraps
Leading Merseyside based linen and work wear rental company and laundry, Deeside Laundry, is enjoying saving of 15% on its gas bills and lower maintenance costs following the replacement of its mechanical steam traps with award winning Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice traps. Thermal Energy International has installed 30 GEM steam traps throughout the laundry’s two ...
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Global Pharmaceutical Company Achieves Energy Savings With Gem
A leading global healthcare company dealing with bioscience, medication delivery and renal products has revealed that it is saving over £36,000 a year in energy costs following the installation of Thermal Energy International’s GEM steam traps at one of its facilities. Thermal Energy International has installed a total of 85 steam traps throughout the process plant achieving a 20% ...
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Diageo installs gem steam traps
Diageo’s 18-acre Runcorn facility is making savings in energy, replacement costs and maintenance of its steam traps following the installation of Thermal Energy International’s Venturi Orifice GEM traps. Thermal Energy International (TEI) has installed a total of 71 steam traps through the plant, which has provided Diageo with a payback in less than 12-months. The Diageo Runcorn ...
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Thermal Energy International Raises The Bar On Thermal Efficiency At Stand H41 At Energy Solutions Expo
Thermal Energy International Inc. (TEI) will be exhibiting its range of awarding winning energy efficiency products at stand H41 at the Energy Solutions Expo at Olympia, London on the 11th and 12th October. TEI’s products include its GEM venturi orifice steam traps and its flue gas condensing heat recovery economisers. Instead of utilising a valve mechanism to close off steam, the highly ...
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GEM provides fast payback for Italcables
Metered tests carried out on Thermal Energy International’s GEM steam traps by Italcables, Italy’s largest producer of wire strands for pre-stressed concrete and post-tensioned structures, have shown steam savings of up to 30% compared to mechanical traps. Now, Italcables has fitted GEM traps to its steam baths and kettle boiler used for ‘pickling’ and treating iron wire ...
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GEM steam traps stop mechancial trap failure & reduce condensate return pressure by 51% at KNPC shuaiba refinery
Keeping on top of the constant challenge of repairing and replacing thousands of mechanical steam traps is no longer a problem at KNPC’s Shauiba Refinery in Kuwait following the successful conversion of 1,750 mechanical traps to Thermal Energy International’s award winning GEM Venturi Orifice design. In addition, KNPC, a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Association, has seen the HP ...
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Wigan Infirmary Expected to Save Over £48,000 a Year Following Installation of GEM Steam Traps
The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan, better known as Wigan Infirmary, anticipates it will avoid spending £48,847 per annum in fuel and maintenance costs following the installation of Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps. A total of 157 GEM steam traps have been installed throughout Wigan Infirmary’s site providing the hospital with a projected ...
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Venturi orifice steam traps reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions
Steam traps and steam systems can represent a large proportion of a manufacturing plant’s total operating costs. As business managers look for additional ways to cut costs and make operations leaner, many focus on increasing energy efficiency and incorporating cleaner energy options. This approach not only underlines a company’s corporate responsibility in decreasing CO2 emissions but ...
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St. Richard’s Hospital laundry on course to save over £14,000 a year in energy costs following fitting of Gem steam traps
St Richard’s Hospital, part of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, is making significant energy savings in its laundry department following the installation of Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps. The GEM traps are expected to save the hospital over £14,000 per annum in energy savings alone, as well as additional reductions in replacement traps and ...
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Italian Pharmaceutical Company Enjoys Fast Payback on GEM Steam Traps
A leading global healthcare company has revealed that it has achieved a 12-month payback on Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps installed at its manufacturing facility in Italy. Thermal Energy International has installed a total of 92 steam traps throughout the facility’s process plant, which has removed the problems of mechanical steam trap failure and ...
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Global pharmaceutical company achieves energy savings with GEM
A leading global healthcare company dealing with bioscience, medication delivery and renal products has revealed that it is saving over £36,000 a year in energy costs following the installation of Thermal Energy International’s GEM steam traps at one of its facilities. Thermal Energy International has installed a total of 85 steam traps throughout the process plant achieving a 20% ...
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Efficient steam production in paper mills
The paper and pulp industry is an energy and emission intensive industry. Steam is an essential part of the paper making process with steam boilers, steam distribution systems and other processes accounting for a large percentage of a paper mill’s energy costs. Useful energy is often lost from boilers and process equipment such as heat exchangers, dryers, evaporators etc, as well as from ...
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Salisbury district hospital saves 10% of its steam production with GEM steam traps
Salisbury District Hospital is saving approximately 10% of its steam consumption following the installation of Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps, which is providing the hospital with significant energy savings. Together with other energy saving incentives already introduced, the GEM traps have helped ensure that the hospital is working towards the ...
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Energy efficient ferrero group invests in GEM
Thermal Energy International Inc is pleased to announce that Energhe S.p.A. has made Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps its steam trap of choice following rigorous testing at Ferrero Group’s headquarters in Alba, Italy. Founded in 2007 by parent company, Ferrero Group, Energhe S.p.A. develops energy efficient projects and financial savings for the Ferrero ...
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Thermal energy international’s gem traps provide 9.4% energy savings at Servizi Ospedalieri, Italy
Leading industrial laundry, Servizi Ospedalieri, is fulfilling its environmental pledge of reducing energy usage by installing the award winning GEM venturi orifice traps from Thermal Energy International. Trialled through Thermal Energy International’s Italian agent, Nuova Folati, at Servizi Ospedalieri’s plant in Porto Garibaldi, the laundry’s independent, technical ...
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