INGREDIENTS & ADDITIVES 9
14-month payback on new fuel
system for ingredient manufacturer
ounded in 1947 and now based in a space of time the deal was concluded and work
In an effort to boost
efficiency, a supplier of
ingredients to the bakery,
F
new facility at Bicester, Oxfordshire, began in April 2008 to install the innovative
England, British Bakels commands a Maxsys equipment to a NewAir burner that
strong market position as a supplier serves the steam-raising boiler at the plant.
confectionery and food
of ready mixed, bespoke ingredient blends that Maxsys Fuel Systems are patented fuel
service sectors has used
save considerable time and effort for its growing treatment systems that improve combustion, and
a novel solution to cut
list of customers. Part of the global Bakels Group hence lower consumption, by applying a finely
by 6.58 per cent the
amount of gas consumed
that was founded by the Amsterdam-based calibrated magnetic field directly to the fuel.
by its steam raising boiler.
merchant brothers Bakels in 1904, the group There are no moving parts within the system and
Payback, as Sean Ottewell
now has 35 companies in the units are therefore
finds out, took just 30 countries. have the advantage of
14.5 months.
In the UK the 5.5 acre being maintenance-free
Bicester site operates 24 (Fig 1).
hours a day, five days a The installation
Cherchant à tonifier son
week and employs 150 followed after a
rendement, un fournisseur
d’ingrédients pour les
people. three-month period
secteurs de la boulangerie,
Part of the site’s of data collection
de la confiserie et de la
cooking process is from the existing
restauration a utilisé une
facilitated by a seven- system to monitor gas
solution innovante pour year-old gas fired, steam consumption, with a
réduire de 6,58 pourcent la
raising boiler with a similar post-installation
quantité de gaz
steam output of 260kg/h. exercise completed over
consommée par sa
The same boiler, which a time span of six weeks.
chaudière de production
is now incorporated in “The results showed
de vapeur. Comme l’a
constaté Sean Ottewell, il
the main factory unit that we can expect to
ne lui a fallu que 14,5 mois
following a recent facility achieve a 6.58 per cent
pour récupérer son
extension, also provides reduction in annual
investissement. factory space heating as a gas consumption as a
secondary function. result of installing the
“The reasons for Maxsys Fuel System,” says
In dem Bemühen, die
examining the amount Dawson.
Effizienz zu erhöhen, hat
of gas consumed by our “Our initial projection
ein Zutatenzulieferer für
Fig. 1. The new units have no moving parts
die Bäckerei-, Süßwaren-
boiler were two fold,”
and are maintenance-free.
was for just five per cent
und Gastronomiesektoren
explains the company’s with payback achieved in
eine neuartige
engineering team leader Simon Dawson. two years.
Lösung eingesetzt,
“Firstly, we had a survey completed by the "However, because we have exceeded this
um die von seinem Carbon Trust around two years ago and they expectation we are now confident of seeing a
Dampferzeugungsboiler
made some recommendations regarding how return on our investment in just 14.5 months. We
verbrauchte Gasmenge
we could make a positive impact on our carbon are naturally delighted with this outcome.”
um 6,58 Prozent zu
footprint, one of which involved making more
senken. Sean Ottewell hat
efficient use of fuel.
Minimising carbon footprint
festgestellt, dass sich die
Investition in nur 14,5
“Secondly, with the spiralling cost of gas it Further boosting the success of the turnkey
Monaten ausgezahlt hat.
was in our interest to review our energy costs project, a return visit by the Carbon Trust saw the
in order to sustain profitability. This enables us organisation highly impressed with the efforts
to continually re-invest in our business for the made by British Bakels and particularly of the
benefit of our customers.” performance of the Maxsys Fuel System.
“We operate in a competitive industry and so
Air burner
it’s vitally important that we do all we can to be as
Having read a Maxsys Fuel System case study in energy efficient as possible,” concludes Dawson.
a trade magazine, Dawson made some enquiries “However, as a relatively large production
that led to a site visit at Bicester. Within a short facility we also have social responsibility and the
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