Leading Beverage Conglomerate

Industry

Bottling

Location

USA

Solution

GEM™ Steam Traps

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What is a steam metered trial?

A steam metered trial is a data driven assessment method used to accurately quantify steam consumption before and after a system upgrade. By correlating metered steam usage with production output, it establishes a reliable performance benchmark, enabling precise measurement of energy improvements.

In this case study, a steam metered trial was deployed to quantify the impact of replacing conventional mechanical steam traps with GEM™ steam traps at a large U.S. bottling plant.

Overview

This steam metered trial took place at the customer’s bottling plant yielding remarkable savings. As a result, the customer installed a further 4000 GEM traps across their plants globally.

Intensity based steam use reduction of 19.5%
Absolute steam use reduction of 14.8%
GEM trap replacement date on 10/20/2012
Complete data week before retrofit: 10/09/2012 - 10/13/2012
Complete data week after retrofit: 11/26/2012 - 11/30/2012
Unit volume steam usage: 0.96 lbs/L before retrofit, 0.77 lbs/L after
Absolute steam usage: 74,119 lb

Steam vs. Production diagram

Table of the impact of GEM Steam Traps after installation

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