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News Release from: Spirax Sarco | Subject: Boiler control systems
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 04 December 2001
In control of quadrupled steam
generation capacity
Spirax Sarco has supplied the controls and ancillary equipment for the new boilerhouse at Ipsen Biopharm's pharmaceutical plant in Wrexham, which has quadrupled the site's steam generation capacity
Spirax Sarco has supplied all the controls and ancillary equipment for the new boilerhouse at Ipsen Biopharm's pharmaceutical plant in Wrexham The boilerhouse has quadrupled the site's steam generation capacity as part of a £6million expansion project catering for new production
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The two existing 680kg/h boilers were replaced by two 2,725kg/h boilers generating steam at 10 bar g, which is reduced to 6 bar g for distribution around the production area.
The boiler plant features total condensate recovery, a new aerator, feedtank and blowdown vessel.
The boilers are also fitted with a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) blowdown system that saves energy by ensuring that blowdown is carried out only when necessary.
"All the ancillary equipment was supplied by Spirax Sarco, down to the last pneumatic control valve," says engineering project coordinator Steve Roberts.
"It's performing very well.
We chose Spirax Sarco because they've given us extremely good service over the years on our existing facilities." A clean steam generator produces clean steam by using some of the boilers' output.
The boilers' output is then used as the energy source to produce ultra pure steam via a clean steam generator for distribution to hygienic applications around the site, such as autoclaves and freeze dryers, and also to produce water for injection for the pharmaceutical production process.
Steam is also the source of the low pressure hot water used for air conditioning throughout the Wrexham facility.
Ipsen Biopharm employed Glossop-based contractor Thermal Transfer to design and build the new installation.
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