Brewery taps steam trap management
8 May 2009
Cheltenham, UK - Daniel Thwaites Brewery, Blackburn, UK, is making estimated energy savings of more than £30,000 per year through a three-year steam trap management contract. The Blackburn plant brews 35 million litres a year of beer and packages 75 million litres of beer and cider.
The savings are based on service provider Spirax Sarco’s assessment of the steam that is being saved by regular, scheduled monitoring and maintenance of the site’s 220 steam traps. This saving should enable the brewery to reduce its annual carbon emissions by 20,000kg.
Switching to a longer-term contract, including six-monthly surveys, offers clear advantages, according to Mick Cockshott, projects and utilities manager at Daniel Thwaites Brewery. The new contract, he notes, includes repair and replacement activity as part of the deal, making it easier to manage the maintenance spend.
