Boiler Conversion Pays for Itself in 27 Months

Bridgewater State University has made a number of sustainability improvements. Among its initiatives was converting its central steam plant from #6 oil to natural gas

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Boiler Conversion Pays for Itself in 27 Months Thumb“The main reason for converting to natural gas was the cost of #6 oil at the time with the environmental emissions of burning oil a very close second.”Challenge:

The main reason for converting to natural gas was the cost of #6 oil at the time with the environmental emissions of burning oil a very close second,” said Greg Folsom, assistant chief engineer at Bridgewater State University.

Solution:

Shawn O’Connor, senior sales engineer for Frank I. Rounds 
Company, based in Randolph, Mass., recommended Cleaver-Brooks CBJT-4W waterback firetube boilers with low NOx burners, stack economizers and a Hawk 4000 PLC-based control  system with O2 Trim, variable speed drive and parallel positioning.

Bridgewater State University installed the two boiler systems along with a new deaerator system, new feedwater pumps, steam flow meters, exhaust fans and a UL approved, pre-fabricated boiler flue gas stack

Results:

Bridgewater State University realized an additional perk of converting its central boiler plant to 100% natural gas. It was able to decommission and tear down a 150-foot-tall radial stack, which university officials said was the last visible trace of dirty energy production at the school.

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