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Pr of i l esC ustomer Solutions, Ideas, Perspectives Vol. 4, March 199
Cleaver Brooks
A Division of Aqua-C hem, Inc
Universi ty s Central Plant Renovat ionCr ea tes Ef f ic ie ncy, Sig ni f ican t Co st Sav in gs
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Perched majestically atop a hill over-
looking downtown Portland, Oregon
Health Sciences University (OHSU)
has established itself as a virtual pan-
theon to medical research, educationand patient care.
Steeped in tradition tracing back to
the 1800s, OHSU today is one of the
few academic health centers in the
nation not affiliated with a larger,
state university system. The 200-acre
campus is home to schools of medi-
cine, nursing and dentistry, as well as
Oregon's first full-service children's
hospital. Thirty-five buildings are
clustered on the hillside, housing over10,000 students, faculty and profes-
sionals.
In 1995, the university broke away
from the state educational system,
and now stands alone as its own enti-
ty; an independent non-profit corpo-
ration. That independence has crea
freedom and flexibility for the cor
rations decision-makers.
Those decision-makers were puttask in 1996, as the university set
to upgrade its utilities plant. An ev
increasing load, coupled with a s
rounding community sensitive to
environment, provided the ultim
HVAC challenge.
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The 1996 renovation and expansion of
the OHSU central utilities created
many design variables. Due to the
unique uphill layout of the campus,
engineers faced challenges in provid-ing adequate condensate return from
the steam system loop. The communi-
tys desire for green space also meant
the utility would have to be designed
with a low profile in mind, while meet-
ing efficiency and emissions expecta-
tions of facilities management.
With wide steam load demands fluctu-
ating from 15,000 lbs./hr during thesummer months, to 150,000 lbs./hr
during cold winter snaps, facilities
management made the decision to
install an additional industrial water-
tube boiler to work in tandem with an
existing 40,000 lb./hr Cleaver-Brooksindustrial watertube.
They wanted redundancy built into
the system, and with those load fluctu-
ations you can respond faster with
watertubes, said Pacific Energy
Systems Aaron McCabe, lead engi-
neer on the project.
McCabe specialized in steam systemdesign for Pacific Energy Systems, an
engineering firm located in Portland,
Oregon, known for its quality work.
The small building housing the
nal boiler was expanded to
square feet, and a new 60,000 Cleaver-Brooks industrial wate
was added, bringing the new c
plants capacity to 100,000 lb
Across campus, two older water
serve as backup to the central
bringing total system capaci
150,000 lbs/hr.
A 200,000 lb./hr Cleaver-B
Spraymaster duo-tank deaeratoalso added to the system, and pla
the new central plant. The duo
which offers a smaller footprint
two separate tanks, combines a
gallon surge tank and 4,000 g
deaerator tank enclosed in one
for ease of installation and val
floor space savings.
Saturated steam generated at the
plant travels through a common
er at 225 psig and 393 F int
campus loop. A series of reducin
tions are then used to distribut
steam for heat and hot water sy
applications, and for sterilizatio
humidification. While steam tem
tures remain constant, steam pre
is regulated to as low as 3 psig at
points in the loop.
Efficiency, LowEmissions Built inThe magnitude of production dem
on the OHSU plant are evid
through historical data logging. O
annual basis, the utility faces an
age daily load of 50,000 lbs./hr,
consuming some 17,000 to 2
therms of natural gas per dayplant runs on natural gas about 90
Cent r a l p lant p re sents d esign cha l lengesCondensate return, green space among engineering priorities
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periods of peak gas demand in the
winter.
Meeting those production demands,
while still hitting the design criteria
for efficiency, low emissions and an
environmentally-friendly central plant
were crucial obstacles to hurdle in the
renovation project.
This community likes its green
space, and Cleaver-Brooks helped us
design our plant to be low profile,
said Bill Botieff, manager of utili-
ties/energy management at OHSU. He
pointed to examples such as reduced
stack heights and low emission burn-
ers as key design elements.
The industrial watertubes are fitted
with low emission Coen QLN burn-
ers, designed to match combustion
air-to-fuel mixture precisely for high-
er ultimate efficiencies. The 60,000
pound boiler/burner package provides
fuel-to-steam efficiencies of 83.4 per-
cent on natural gas at full fire, and
86.3 percent on No. 2 oil. The burners
meet low NOx guarantees without theuse of flue gas recirculation an
option that was very attractive to
OHSU facilities staff.
The newest Cleaver-Brooks boiler is
fitted with a rectangular, finned tube,
counterflow stack economizer to help
heat pretreatment water and further
enhance efficiency.
The outstanding efficiency perfor-mance of the central plant has trans-
lated into significant costs savings. An
aggressive insulation program on the
high pressure steam piping, along
with close monitoring of chemical
usage, condensate systems, fuel and
electricity all have helped produce
savings.
Weve saved in excess of $2 millionin the last two years on our overall
utilities bill, Botieff said. Its
phenomenal...our administrators are
impressed.
The university has actually received
awards from the community for being
low polluters. Because it is deemed a
potential polluter by Oregons
Department of Environmental
Quality, OHSU is permitted to release
500 tons/yr into the atmosphere in its
air quality control district. In reality,
the central plant is only emitting about
3 tons/yr, according to Botieff.
Location of the new central utility,
elevated some 600 feet above most of
the buildings on campus it serves, also
created unique design challenges for
the condensate return system. The
steam system was designed for 85
percent steam recovery in the form of
condensate, with 15 percent makeup.
That collection system was a real
challenge because youve got all these
different buildings that you have to
collect from, and an 1,800-foot con-
densate return pipe coming back,
McCabe said.
McCabe said specification ofoversized deaerator was, in part,
ten with the overall condensate r
balance in mind.
We were looking for surges in
densate returns, so with the duo
wed have a reservoir to even ou
help balance the flow as bes
could, he added.
Due to the length and height o
condensate run, maintaining sy
design condensate return tem
tures of 180 F was also a con
Botieffs Heat Plant Coordin
Jerry Witt, has worked closely w
Cleaver-Brooks representatives
Cole Industrial in Beaverton, Or
to remedy the situation.
The problem was we didnt wa
have to use the steam to heat the w
going to the deaerator, Witt
With the C-B guys, and our
neers, we are overcoming that i
condensate system.
Using a heat recovery device o
boiler blowdown water is just o
the creative ways C-B personne
the OHSU staff have alleviated
condensate temperature concerns
The central plant is now in its
consecutive year without
unplanned shutdown of the steam
tem. Botieff credits his facilities
and its attention to maintenance d
in achieving the performance lev
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Weve saved inexcess of $2 millioin the last two yea
on our overallutilities bill.
The OHSU cen t r a l p l a n t i s s er v ed b y a
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And, although like most modern-day
boiler rooms the OHSU plant utilizes
a computer building automation sys-
tem, Botieff said his staff never loses
sight of the importance of hands-on
maintenance.
We know the mechanics of the sys-
tem, he said. Technology wont
solve everything. Whatever readings
we can gather off the boiler via com-
puter, that gives us an instantaneous
view of whats going on with that
boiler. But theres still mechanical
oversight we dont want to lose sight
of.
Botieff said he has been pleased with
the central plants evolution, from
design and installation, to perfor-
mance. Its been a total team effort,
he added. We think were unique
here in Oregon to be integrating
building automation, steam and
chilled water product. And that has
not been an easy task.
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