Production maintained during maintenance with steam boiler solution
Client: Whisky distillery
Location: Scotland
Sectors: Food and drinks
The challenge
Steam required during on-site maintenance of boiler
Our customer, a leading alcoholic beverage company, was required to undertake testing on their on-site boiler at their whisky distillery in Scotland.
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of steam boilers is a statutory requirement every 5 years. The testing required a 2-week shutdown of their on-site boiler meaning they needed a replacement to run the plant and keep distilling whisky during this time.
Project details
The solution
Low emission steam boiler solution to ensure production continuity
After a full engineer site survey, our team of experts designed and project managed a complete steam boiler solution that would supply the site with the steam and heat required during the shutdown.
A new addition to our fleet, we specified a 5.5 ton/hr steam boiler. The boiler utilises low emission steam generator technology that guarantees a high quality 99.5% dry saturated steam at all loads, that can be produced on-demand in as little as 3 minutes. The boilerhouse comes complete with chemical treatment, blowdown tank, hotwell, and water softener, all built into one container, with no need for separate components. This together with the boiler’s lightweight containerised design simplified installation and logistics.
Our new 5.5 ton/hr boiler was chosen on this occasion as it is designed to maximise space, speed and safety. Housed in a single container, it is almost half the weight of other traditional fire tube steam boilers, and our design means there’s also no need to store and heat large volumes of water. On this occasion it was run on diesel, but its dual-fuel burner does accept light oil, natural gas, and greener fuel alternatives like HVO.
The result
Operations continued, avoiding over £250K in lost production
We provided a highly efficient boiler solution, utilising the latest steam generator technology, helping to maintain production during the 2-week shutdown of the on-site steam boiler.
The customer could proactively monitor equipment performance via the Aggreko Remote Monitoring (ARM) system. Access to energy consumption and emissions data provides essential intelligence and actionable insights that can improve the operational efficiency of the boiler.
Our solution meant the customer would not lose £125K a week in lost production on whisky.