Power tripled

Steam boiler specialist, Fulton, has supplied Advanced Plasma Power (APP) with one of its Electropack EP60 steam boilers, almost tripling the steam capacity at the company's Swindon Gasplasma test facility.

With its Gasplasma technology, APP claims to offer the optimum solution for converting municipal solid waste into clean, local energy. The Swindon plant, which is essentially a smaller version of the commercial plants APP offers, is a test facility built to evaluate different types of wastes supplied by clients from various countries to optimise the Gasplasma process and, subsequently, the viability of a plant for that specific location.

A spokesperson for APP said: "Given the growing interest in the Gasplasma process and subsequent increases in steam loads, we needed to upgrade our Fulton Electropack EP24 electric steam boiler. As it has been extremely reliable, and the larger EP60 model almost tripled our output to 92g per hour, buying another Fulton boiler was an easy decision."He adds that the footprint of both models is identical, and with similar plumbing interfaces also minimising installation costs, the decision was made even easier.