Best of Bristol as Fulton supplies new boiler package
When Imperial Tobacco was looking for a cost-effective solution to supply heating and hot water for its headquarters in Bristol, the project became a distinctly local affair for Fulton, a leading British manufacturer of steam, hot water and thermal fluid solutions.
As factory maintenance engineer Gary Withey explains: “The new skid-mounted steam boiler package was specified by our Bristol-based consulting engineers Hoarlea, built in Bristol by Fulton and installed by Spie Matthew Hall, also based in Bristol.” Commenting on the new installation
Gary says that although the old boiler house has been decommissioned and the factory demolished, the original offices remain and still feature the original steam coils and site services. It was therefore decided that a replacement steam boiler package was the cheapest solution for supplying domestic hot water and heating, rather than opting for a new hot water boiler, which would have required a completely new HVAC system for the offices.
The Fulton gas-fired, skid-mounted system contains two 60J boilers – to ensure duty backup for planned/unplanned maintenance procedures – and features all the necessary ancillaries to integrate with Imperial Tobacco’s HVAC services. Commenting for Fulton, Carl Knight explains that Imperial Tobacco and its
Bristol-based consulting engineers wanted to be sure that the manufacturer they chose
for “the project could
also provide the backup they required, and decided that, being a nationally and internationally respected boiler manufacturer, Fulton was the obvious choice.”
He adds that, “thanks to Fulton’s knowledge of steam systems and because the new skid-mounted boiler system was connecting to existing site services, downtime during the switch was kept to a minimum.”
Fulton has unrivalled experience of manufacturing fully-prefabricated plant rooms and skid-mounted systems that offer high levels of efficiency and reliability. The company’s comprehensive service includes initial design, application advice and total after sales support. Systems are CE marked, built in Britain and are available for electric, gas, oil and dual-fuel firing, with steam duties from 14 kg/h to 4787 kg/h F&A 100°C.
Plant rooms and skid-mounted packages are also designed to be delivered to site and installed on prepared concrete bases.
Final installation is simplified by connecting to termination points pre-installed by the customer or contractor, to ensure that the new boiler system matches existing site services.
Single or multiple skid-mounted systems based on Fulton’s Series J vertical boilers are available complete with all necessary ancillary plant for a range of applications. The boilers, which provide both proven reliability and performance, are covered by a five-year warranty on the pressure vessel. High efficiency and fast recovery for steam-raising makes Fulton fully- prefabricated plant rooms and skid- mounted steam boiler systems suitable for large, medium or small plant installations. For further information on the J Series steam boiler and the company’s design and manufacturing services, call Fulton on 0117 972 3322, Email:
uk.sales.office@
fulton.com or visit the new-look website at
www.fulton.co.uk
Mitsubishi Electric looks to the clouds to offer advanced control
Mitsubishi Electric has launched an innovative Wi-Fi interface which will deliver ‘cloud-based’ control systems to both installers and end-users of air conditioning, with the real possibility of being able to monitor and control air conditioning units remotely via the Internet.
The company has reacted to the potential that the latest developments in cloud-based computing offers, which enables everyone from individual users to companies with vast, nationwide estates to monitor system use, spot potential faults and change schedules, loads and temperature settings. The development of a Wi-Fi interface for its air conditioning and heat pump products has been coupled with a new dedicated service called MELCloud, to offer advanced energy-saving features and controls with easy apps for either computer, tablet or mobile
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device, which will allow for basic control and monitoring. “We’ve just launched the air conditioning Wi-Fi interface for our split systems and will be adding others for our air-to-water heat pumps and VRF systems,” explains Sebastien Desmottes, air conditioning Product Marketing Manager. “The interface simply needs to be installed near to the air conditioner or heat pump and builds a wireless connection between the unit and the building’s Internet connection.”
The Wi-Fi interfaces use cloud
technology to deliver advanced connectivity and control across the Internet, allowing building operators to remotely monitor and control their air conditioning and home owners to remotely monitor and control their heating, helping to reduce both running costs and emissions.
MELCloud will run on any PC or
Tablet and supports the latest ranges of Smartphones from Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Blackberry and many more, giving easy remote access and control. The application will automatically detect screen size and resize accordingly, supporting the latest ranges of Tablets via dedicated apps available from the various App stores. MELCloud is designed to provide the most extensive user and device coverage in the market and works with the majority of Internet browsers from Microsoft, Google, Apple and others.
Providing user control, weekly timer, holiday and frost protection, as well as error logging, reporting, local live weather and support Information, this functionality is all available via a mobile device or PC from anywhere in the world, as long as the user has internet access on their mobile device or PC, and at the location where the air conditioning system is installed. Further information is available by emailing
air.conditioning@
meuk.mee.com
Building & Facilities Management – September 2013
HVAC
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