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Case Study
Solar Thermal Refrigeration Compressiontechnologiespartneredwithsolarassistedheatabsorption.A1MW,60,000Sq.ft.refrigeratedfruitpackagingfacilitybasedinKent,UK.
Image1:The1MWcoolingsystemontheroofoftheChingfordfruitfacility.SourceSCEpicturegallery
OverrecentyearsChingfordFruithasinstalledLEDlighting,humanInterfacecontrols,voltageoptimization,alongwithenergymonitoringequipmentthroughouttheir60,000sq.ft.site.Allwhichhavesubstantiallyreducedthebuildingsenergyconsumption.Untilnowhowevertheystruggledtofindasolutionfortheirlargestenergyconsumers–Refrigeration&HVAC.
ColinOrmerod,CentralServicesManageratChingfordsaid“wehavebeenonthelookoutforcredibleefficiencysolutionsforourrefrigerationandairconditioningplantforsometime.WecameacrossSolXEnergyLtd.lastyear,anditreallycapturedourinterest.AlthoughIhavetosay,itdidtakesometimetoconvinceourrefrigerationcontractors,howevertheyarenowfullyonboardhavinghadfirst-handexperienceoftheproductandtheinstallationprocess,tothepointwheretheyhaveactuallypresentedSolXEnergytoanumberoftheirotherclients”.
Althoughthedataloggershowsareductioninenergyconsumptionofc.92,500kWhovertheevaluationperiod.ColinOrmerodalsoconfirmedthatproductionintheplantwasactuallymuchhigherthanthepreviousyearincomparison,andthereforethetruesavingismorelikelywellinexcessof100,000kWh.
Clients Position Inadditiontotheheavyimportanceofreducingcosts,ChingfordFruithaveastronginhousecommitmenttoinstallingtechnologyandproductsthatreduceharmfulemissionsintotheenvironment.
Case Study Solar Thermal Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
Energy earns, or simply burns…the choice is yours
Image2:thesolarthermalcollectorsinstalledinparallelontheroofoftheChingfordfruitfacility.SourceSCEpicturegallery
TherooftopontheChingfordFruitfacilityhashad54-solarthermalcollectorsinstalledinparallelacross750kWofthe1MWcoolingcapacityrefrigerationsystem.TheinstallationitselfwascompletedbyZetaCoolServicesLtd,anaccreditedSolXEnergyLtdinstallationpartner,whomanagedtheinstallationprocessinpartnershipwithChingford’sexistingrefrigerationcontractorsSTSRefrigeration-partoftheICAGroup.
Image3:thesolarthermalcollectorsandtherefrigerationsystemontheroofoftheChingfordfruitfacility.SourceSCEpicturegallery
Case Study Solar Thermal Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
Energy earns, or simply burns…the choice is yours
Usagedataismonitoredandstoredbytheclient’sinhouset-mactechnologiessystem,whichmeasuresallwater,gasandelectricityusagethroughoutthefacilityonanindividualplantbasis.TheinstallationoftheSolarThermalsystemwascommissionedonFebruary27th2016,atthispointdirectyear-on-yearcomparisonbegan.ThedatabelowcoverstheperiodFebruary28th2016toMay10th2016.
Figure1.Screenshotpriortosolarinstallation.Sourceclients’t-macsystem
Figure2.Screenshotwithsolarinstallation.Sourceclients’t-macsystem
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Plant1 Plant2 Plant3 Plant4 Plant5 Plant6 Plant7 BeforeSolar 21699 71879 43069 58297 26454 108388 15531
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19953 51670 32798 47376 18486 70754 11755
Figure3.Thepriorvs.evaluationperiodfigures,transferredfromthet-macdatasystemonabargraph.SourceSCEimagegallery
Case Study Solar Thermal Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
Energy earns, or simply burns…the choice is yours
ThermX is an innovative, green technology designed to harvest the free energy from the sun, thus creating thermal energy to increase the efficiency of the refrigeration process, in this particular case by c. 27%.
“SofarwearetrackingwaybetterthanthefiguresthatSolXEnergyoriginallyprojected.Iampersonallyveryexcitedtoseetheresultsandassumingthetrackingcontinuesatthesametrend,wewillseeareturnofourinvestmentwellbelow2-years.ItisnowhighlylikelythatwewillbeinstallingThermXontoourHVACsystems,atsomepointintheverynearfuture”-ColinOrmerod.
ThermX™canberetro-fittedontomostwell-knownHVACandRefrigerationsystemsofallsizes,withtheprovisothatthesystemhasvariableloadability-inverter,staged,screw-type,anddigitalscrollforexample.Instandardcoolingunits,thecompressorhastomanagethefullcompressionload,howeveratthetimeitismostneeded(i.e.whenthesunisout),theThermXsystemtakesoveralevelofthecapacity,allowingthecompressortoreduceitsworkload,significantlyreducingtheamountofelectricityconsumedbytheentiresystem.Subsequently,thewholesystemhasamucheasierlifeandisthereforelesspronetomaintenanceissues.
“ThisareaoftheUKbenefitsfromaround4.5-hoursofunbrokenperdayonaverageovertheyear,thereforewhyletthesunbetheproblem,whenitcanactuallybethesolution”-ChrisMicallef,SolXEnergyTechnicalDirector.
Original Proposal Provide a solution with the goal of reducing overall energy consumption within the site, while providing a return on the clients’ investment below 3-years.
Benefits *Reducedelectricityoverhead*Reducedequipmentmaintenance-costs*Extendedequipmentlifespan*ReducedCO2emissions*Futureproofingagainstpotential--carbontaxation
Project Partners SolX Energy Ltd - Chingford Fruit t-mac data technologies - ZetaCool Service Ltd ICA Group Ltd - STS Ltd
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