HVAC
ON TRACK FOR ENERGY SAVING SUCCESS
A range of successful HVAC pilot projects for the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team will result in further energy saving projects with team partners, ebm-papst.
Work by ebm-papst, Europe’s leading manufacturer of fans and motors, for the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team has included improving their human performance environments in the team garages in tropical locations and providing critical technical cooling solutions for the racing cars in the garages at trackside. ebm-papst has also helped to improve working conditions at the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team’s HQ in Brackley, with the latest project delivering considerable cost and efficiency benefits that has opened a wide range of opportunities for ebm-papst to assist the team with its HVAC solutions in the future.
Speaking at a seminar held by ebm- papst, Robert Yeowart, who is the Director of Business Development and Logistics at MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS, outlined ebm-papst’s achievement in not just helping to improve the working environment at team headquarters, but also reducing site operating costs, thereby realising a financial dividend that can be directed at the all-important R&D to enhance car performance.
As part of his presentation to the ebm-papst conference, Yeowart also outlined how new efficiency regulations introduced in 2014 have resulted in a quantum step in performance and efficiency.
“Our push for efficiency was vital to maintain competitive form and a happy by-product of our technical focus was that it encouraged ebm-papst to partner with us given our shared values of efficiency and performance. The more we looked into it, the more synergies we discovered between
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our organisations and our values. Every small gain contributes to our performance and ebm-papst has played its part in making us a better team”, said Robert.
James Cooper, Product Manager at ebm-papst UK, explained that the recent HVAC trial at their site in Brackley in July was focused on the team’s paint shop at its Brackley headquarters. The original purpose of the building had changed, rendering its existing system unfit for purpose.
“REGULATIONS
INTRODUCED IN 2014 HAVE RESULTED IN A QUANTUM STEP IN
PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY.”
“When considering our energy systems across our two technology campuses in Brackley and Brixworth, we strive to achieve maximum efficiency so that waste in our operations are minimised and budgets can be focused on car development priorities. ebm-papst helped us make a quantum step in improving the working environment in our paint shop facilities while also significantly reducing our running costs.” Yeowart continued, “We are now considering how we extend that success across other areas of our sites.”
“As well as the cooling system and airflow not working as well as it should have been, the staff also said there was a lot of white noise that we were able to eradicate completely. The first thing was to understand what the existing unit was doing and what we found was that it was working at a much higher pressure than it was set up for. Our recommendation was to install the new EC technology using ebm- papst’s RadiPac product and this has had a big impact on energy and cost savings”, said James.
Data logging measurements were taken to ensure the client could see clearly the energy usage levels before and after the work was carried out by Cinque Energy Solutions, velocity measurements were carried out in each room, and a new control system was developed. The work was completed and commissioned in one day and a check was carried out one week later.
“The feedback we got was very good as we dropped from 5.9 kW to 2.1 kW as well as reducing the pressure in the system from 1400Pa to 453 pascals. Essentially what we delivered was a 64% energy saving on this one unit with a payback within two years. This has provided the spring board to look at other areas on the Brackley campus”, said James.
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