34 | Energy Systems: INTEC
BOOSTING ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Germany-based INTEC Engineering GmbH has a long background and expertise
in energy systems. Stephen Powney spoke to INTEC sales director Christian Daniel about its progress and the energy sector in general
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NTEC Engineering GmbH will be approaching its 30th year in business in 2025. The company, which is based in Bruchsal near Karlsruhe, was set up in 1995 after experienced energy systems executive Edwin Karrer decided to set up his own enterprise. Mr Karrer had been involved with two energy systems firms before founding Intec, dealing with thermal heating systems that were very common in wood industry industrial applications. He introduced the step grate combustion
system for biomass firing while at a former company and further developed the product at INTEC. He has been a known, respected specialist in the field of heat transfer and thermal heating systems for many years. While still active in the company, Mr Karrer
has now handed over the management reins to his son Denis, who has been managing director for the past year. INTEC serves a variety of industries, ranging from the wood industry to textiles, food, chemicals, palm oil, pulp and paper and consumer goods. In its early days, Intec specialised in
secondary circuits, such as temperature control equipment to regulate the heat input to separate zones of a continuous press. Now its services start from system
concepts, through to production and delivery, including complete turnkey plants. For manufacturers of particleboard, MDF,
OSB, LVL or other wood-based products, INTEC offers complete energy plants with various heat transfer media: thermal oil, steam, hot water or hot gas. The range of INTEC products consists of gas or oil-fired thermal oil heaters from 30 kW up to 100 MW, steam or hot water boilers, waste heat boilers, electrical power plants, ORC modules and secondary circuits for press heating. Energy and power plants generally have a capacity of 100 MW thermal or 20 MW electrical output. INTEC sales director Christian Daniel spoke
to WBPI after a recent extensive trip to overseas markets and customers. “The business has been developing very well,” he explained. “We have the manufacturing centre in
Germany where we produce all our own equipment. We also have offices elsewhere in Germany and around the world – India, Malaysia and the US. “We try to have representation on each
continent and be very close to the customer, so we are in the same time zone and give them a good service.” INTEC has been working in the wood- based panels sector since 2001, offering complete biomass plants, thermal heaters and secondary control circuits and loops. It formerly completed many projects in tandem with Dieffenbacher, until about 2006, when the latter set up its own energy systems division. INTEC has a strong relationship with leading international wood-based panels manufacturer Kronospan, having completed many projects for the company. Typical INTEC products supplied in Kronospan plants include three stage rocket heaters, thermal heating systems and heat recovery equipment.
“Kronospan has 20-30 plants with such
a rocket heater. Beyond that we have also delivered up to10 biomass plants to
Above: INTEC installations at wood-based panels factories WBPI | December 2023/January 2024 |
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