Energy Savings from TEC
TEC can provide you with cost-effective strategies
to reduce heating and process fuel consumption while reducing your plant's
carbon footprint. Although we specialize in upgrading boiler and burner
controls to improve efficiency, we also evaluate the heating system as
a whole and how energy is distributed. Below are several of the strategies
we employ to save clients energy and money. (Click on the links for additional
information.)
Combustion
efficiency and burner fine tuning
Proportional
integral derivative (PID) controllers and outdoor reset
Linkageless
burner upgrades
Ancillary
equipment integral to energy conservation
System
consultation
Frequently Asked Questions (click
on the question below to jump to the answer)
1) How much does
it cost?
2) How do you calculate the
time taken to achieve ROI?
3) Will an upgrade to a linkageless
burner control absolutely improve efficiency?
4) Which manufacturers' equipment
do you install?
5) What size burner /boilers
do you typically upgrade?
6) Do you install linkageless
upgrades on "heavy oil" burners?
7) Does TEC sell energy?
1) How much does
it cost?
Our services pay for themselves through fuel savings.
Once the initial investment has been returned, our clients continue
to profit with subsequent savings. Return on investment (ROI) can be
achieved within days or can take up to one year depending upon how much
fuel you burn. However, ROIs are continually shrinking as fuel prices
spike.
Prices vary depending on the size of your system and
type of equipment and updates that you require. Energy savings achieved
by combustion analysis and burner fine tuning could be as much as 5%
with an initial investment of a couple of hours of labour. A linkageless
combustion control upgrade with proportional firing rate control for
a single fuel burner could cost as little as $5,000 (Aug 2007).
2) How
do you calculate the time taken to achieve ROI?
We take an average fuel usage per month as a dollar amount,
calculate what the percentage of savings in a dollar amount would be,
and divide our proposed upgrade by that amount. The result is an average
time line that one would expect to see an ROI.
Our energy savings calculations err on the conservative
side. Any additional savings are seen as a welcome bonus.
3) Will
an upgrade to a linkageless burner control absolutely improve efficiency?
Yes. However the percentage of fuel conservation is dependent
on the plant. In a few rare cases where the plant is undersized and
the boiler is operating at 100% firing rate throughout the on cycle,
savings would be negligible and simply fine tuning the burner would
probably achieve the best ROI. TEC wants its customers to be happy with
our services, so we aim to give them honest assessments on upgrades
or replacing exiting equipment.
4) Which
manufacturers' equipment do you install?
We have experience installing the majority of manufacturers'
equipment. TEC doesn't represent any specific manufacturer. Our allegiance
is to our clients, so the system recommended is specific to their needs.
5) What
size burner /boilers do you typically upgrade?
TEC works on any size heating plants and have upgraded
boilers from 50hp to 1000hp. With an ROI of less than 12 months as a
target, linkageless upgrades are usually limited to boilers larger than
100hp.
6) Do you
install linkageless upgrades on "heavy oil" burners?
TEC has installed upgrades on equipment burning a variety
of fuels including #4 and #6 oil. However, we strongly recommend that
our clients burning heaving oil purchase a monthly service contract
that includes burner fine tuning. This is because the quality and viscosity
of delivered "heavy oil" in the NYC area changes with every
delivery and therefore combustion curves should be readjusted regularly
for peak efficiency.
7) Does
TEC sell energy?
No. We sell energy conservation and our success
is dependent on our clients' savings. Your fuel supplier sells energy
and their success is dependent on selling more of it.
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