Energy-saving steam project

The company was appointed by Mercury Engineering, which was contracted to provide building services for the new facility.

The hospital runs two biomass boilers, which run at 8bar g and 30bar g to drive the hospital’s Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation plant. There are also two oil-fired steam boilers running at 8bar g to generate steam for low-temperature hot water for heating, domestic hot water for hand washing, bathing and cleaning, laundry services and humidification. 

As well as providing all the peripheral equipment to support the CHP engine, Spirax Sarco designed, fitted and commissioned 11 plant rooms at the hospital, as well as 27 air handling units, boiler controls, heat exchangers and all associated equipment to establish an efficient energy distribution system that can be controlled from the hospital’s Energy Centre.

The New South West Acute Hospital was officially opened in June 2012, but Spirax Sarco’s involvement did not end there. Multinational service giant Interserve is contracted to maintain the hospital, and has recently agreed a service and spares contract with Spirax Sarco to cover steam services across the 650-acre site.