Problems with flash steam
emissions and leaking hot
water have evaporated since
Spirax Sarco replaced
corroded steam equipment as
part of a project to refurbish
the laundry at Holme House
Prison in Stockton which
also serves other prisons.

When the service was shut
down for the installation of
new machinery, Holme
House opted to upgrade the
associated steam system in
the boiler house, where
corrosion had been causing
maintenance headaches.

The first target was the
boiler blowdown system,
which had been discharging
to a pit beneath the floor.
Corrosion allowed flash
steam to come back through
the floor into the atmosphere.

Similarly, corrosion had left
the boiler feedtank leaking
hot water into the boiler
room.

Spirax Sarco supplied a
new blowdown vessel and
feedtank. The latter had to be
built in-place due to restricted
access in the boiler room.