CATCH OF THE DAY
We hear from Christeyns, who tell us how they have helped Fishers Laundry, based just outside Glasgow, to boost their energy efficiency, while maintaining the same standards of cleaning performance and service levels.
The world of commercial laundry is a competitive business, and keeping costs at a minimum, whilst maintaining the highest of standards, is a tough task. Running an efficient operation is paramount but this efficiency can’t be at the expense of cleaning performance, service levels and the care needed to protect our environment.
Specialist Laundry detergent manufacturer Christeyns has spent many years looking into how to get the most energy efficient system
whilst maintaining excellent standards. According to Christeyns, in order to achieve improved efficiency these three things need to happen:
• A reduction in energy consumption by introducing the most efficient laundry processes.
• Minimising the use of energy sources by energy recovery and the use of renewable energy.
• The use of highly efficient processes to generate the remaining energy demand.
One way to achieve this is through ‘Zero-Steam’. Using steam to produce energy is costly and after more than 250 years it’s time to move to a steam- free hot water production system for washer extractors and tunnel washers.
Such a system was recently installed by Christeyns in the new Fishers laundry in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, where more than £750,000 of equipment was installed in order to provide the firm with a laundry that is efficient and future-proofed.
Fishers’ ‘super laundry’ facility in Coatbridge, which cost around £5million to set up, is capable of washing and drying 650,000 items of bed linen and towels a week for hotels and restaurants around Glasgow. It is the largest single laundry investment made to date in Scotland and is testament to Fishers’ confidence in the strength of the country’s growing hospitality industry and their continuing commitment to the sector.
At the Coatbridge site Christeyns installed a skid mounted, gas-fired, high-efficiency hot water system with a pressurised storage tank that holds water at 94°C. This water is blended into the tunnel washers and washer extractors with cooler water to achieve the required temperature. The Heat-X Energo wastewater heat exchangers enable the incoming cold fresh water to be pre-heated efficiently with the energy from the wastewater, while energy is also recovered from the ironers, via air to water heat exchangers that further heat the incoming fresh water up to 45-50°C.
The new system has led to a 40-50% reduction in energy consumption compared to steam-heated laundries. This has been achieved by high efficiency gas burners, zero loss due to vapourised steam, very low radiation losses attributable to lower temperatures and no trap problems, plus minimal energy losses in the flue.
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