Blowing hot and cold at Merseyside car plant
March 1st 2004

A huge pre-production and warehouse facility at General Motors 400 000ft2 new building at Ellesmere Port is being heated and ventilated by Econo-Air units from Stokvis Energy Systems.

Eight direct fired, gas fuelled heaters have been installed at high level within the building by PMP Building Services.

Managing director of PMP, Bob Sowter, comments The new facility for General Motors is

375m long by 120m and is completely open apart from a tyre store in one corner. We had only used Stokvis equipment once before, but the companys technical representative, Keith Howard, had been in to see our design department on several occasions and we realised the Econo-Air offered the answers we needed.

Because the Econo-Air direct fired heaters duct in air and pressurise it, they are well equipped to maintain internal air quality even when a number of doors are open. They also provide forced ventilation in hot weather which was something the clients wanted.

Positioned beneath the roof structure, the units were supplied to PMP fully tested and painted in a colour to match the steelwork. Although heaters come complete with their own controls, it was decided to connect all of them into the building management system.

Also suitable for use in locations such as gyms and sports halls, the Econo-Air 3000S series respond immediately to drops in temperature due to their efficient burners and fully modulating Rapidnet microprocessor control systems.

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