Hired chiller provides fast fix

Despite it being a Sunday afternoon, engineers at the company were able to set wheels in motion that meant a temporary solution was in place within 12h, saving the power stations potential losses that could have amounted to many thousands of pounds.

Andrews Chiller Hire, part of the Andrew-Sykes Group, has a network of more than 25 national depots throughout the UK and an extensive fleet of air-cooled fluid air chillers with capacities from 6 to more than 750kW. This breadth of coverage and 365 days, 24/7 support service ensures Andrews Chiller Hire can respond and deliver temporary fluid processing chiller solutions extremely quickly.

Provision of uninterrupted chilled water is an essential element for processing cooling systems in the nuclear power industry and which can have high profile consequences and often high losses should any of their processes go off-line. When a compressor on the primary cooling plant failed and with quick repair unlikely, the plant management team looked towards a ‘fast fix’ by contacting Andrews Chillers to provide a temporary solution that could be installed within 12h.

All companies in the Andrews Sykes group provide round-the-clock support, therefore when the Chiller Hire division received an emergency call on a Sunday it was not unusual. Within the given time frame engineers from Andrews Chiller Hire had discussed specific issues with the site’s engineers, modified a standard chiller to meet requirements including supply of a recirculating pump set on the flow-side of the system and all associated pipe-runs.

Such was the efficiency of Andrews Chillers in achieving this time critical solution, which by passed the fixed chillers and pumps and was commissioned successfully, it meant no lost production for the nuclear plant.

The prompt action of Andrews Chillers to deliver and install extremely quickly a bespoke solution highlighted to the client that all members of the Andrews Sykes Group can be called upon 365 days, 24/7 to advise, design, deliver and install an emergency solution whether for chillers, boilers, air conditioning or pumps.