Business Competition Background
In the tough competition, companies are struggling to win the competition if not only to survive.
The right marketing strategy will not succeed if it is not supported by good quality of products at a price that is affordable by the consumers especially for companies that are strongly product-driven. And the selling price is directly related to cost level.
Of course there are many other determining factors for increasing competitiveness such as quality of services and business system as a whole. But these factors are too broad to discuss in here. And this site wants to limit the discussion to only one important element affecting the competitiveness that is energy cost focusing on fuel used for Stream Generator or so-called boiler and other fuel-powered equipments.
Crude Oil is up again hitting $65 per barrel in May 2009, and it will continue to rise.
Therefore, fuel cost item will be an ongoing company’s concern and thus well worth of consideration to be in the master saving project of the company.
Concern about Environment
There has been an increasing pressure on the factories for running environmentally-friendly operation.
The major air pollutant is CO2 since this is what most creates the green house effect to the atmosphere and thus contributing to the Global Warming. The good idea for a company is how to create a profit in order to sustain in the business as well as to preserve the clean environment for its consumers to live in and buy its products.
How to increase Boiler Efficiency
How to increase Boiler Efficiency has always been an issue for manufacturers where steam is used in processing the products such as soap and margarine making.
There is a procedure on how to optimize Boiler Efficiency that can be found in the guide line of Boiler Operation and Maintenance which aims at lower cost of steam. But, energy itself sourced for boiler is out of scope of the Boiler Operation Manual, and this is the responsibility of the purchasing department in how to procure the cheap energy. The problem is that fuel cost is something beyond the control of purchasing department since it is governed by the world market. The only room to move around for cost improvement is seeking an alternative cheaper energy such as coal or liquid gas which is not our discussion in this site. The question now here is whether there is any treatment which can make cheaper use of expensive fuel. The answer is YES there IS !
Testimonial
This site is intended to present a testimonial on performance of a product applied for increasing fuel efficiency used for boiler.
The product can be used for any type of boiler: fire-tube or water-tube boiler.
Product Test #1
Industry : International Five-Star Hotel in Bandung City - Indonesia
Boiler Fuel Tank Capacity : 280 Liters
Refill time : once per day at 14:00 hours
Purpose of Steam : Water Heating, Laundry, etc.
Period of Test : one week, February 22 - 27, 2008
Characteristic use of Steam : Constant rate of steam use
RESULTS:
- After using the product, fuel usage dropped by 25% (see chart below)
- Steam pressure raised 15-20% faster to the desired level
- After 3 month trial, Boiler looked cleaner, free of Carbon Deposit (see picture below)
Product Test #2 :
Industry : International Five-Star Hotel in Jakarta City - Indonesia
Boiler Fuel Tank Capacity : 300 Liters
Purpose of Steam : Water Heating, Laundry, etc.
Period of Test : one week, February 26 - 29, 2008
Characteristic use of Steam : Constant rate of steam use
RESULTS:
- After using the product, fuel usage dropped by 33% (see chart below) in attaining the same pressure of steam
- Steam pressure raised 15% faster to the desired level
- After 3 month trial, boiler looked cleaner, free of carbon deposit (sorry, picture was not allowed to be taken by the management of hotel)
Product Test #3 :
Industry : Bottled Tea Factory in Bali.
Boiler Tank Capacity : 500 Liters
Refill time : unspecified, depending of the production volume
Purpose of Steam : Boiling the water for tea liquid, Sanitation
Period of Test : 3 months, March – May 2008
Characteristic use of Steam : Variable depending on production volume
RESULTS:
- After using the product, fuel usage dropped by 20% for the same pressure of steam production. (No chart available yet).
- Steam pressure raised 15% faster to the required level
- After 3 month trial, boiler looked cleaner, free of carbon deposit (see picture below)
Product Test #4 :
Industry : Fabric Conditioner Liquid 3rd party Manufacturer of Unilever Company
Boiler Tank Capacity : 1000 Liters
Refill time : unspecified, depending of the production volume
Purpose of Steam : Cooking the mixing, Sanitation
Period of Test : 3 months, January – March 2009
Characteristic use of Steam : Variable depending on production volume
RESULTS :
- After using the product, fuel usage per ton of production dropped by 12% (chart
is not available yet) - Steam pressure raised 15-20% faster to the desired level
- Boiler looked cleaner, fire flue and nozzle free of Carbon Deposit (see picture
below)
Remarks :
There was no cleaning whatsoever before treatment was done using the product.
A1, B1 : Nozzle and its surrounding covered by thick carbon deposit
C1, D1 : Fire Flue and Tubes covered by thick deposit
3 months later after treatment
A2 : Nozzle is almost completely clean of deposit.
B2 : Nozzle surrounding (rim) is totally clean from carbon deposit
C2, D2 : Fire Flue and Tubes clean of deposit
CONCLUSION
The cleaning effect to the combustion area (flue, tube, nozzle) was clearly visually seen, indicating
a nearly complete / perfect combustion.
What amazing is that the product was able to remove the carbon deposit and dirt which had been stuck to the boiler for year,
Fuel Saving was proven right as claimed. However, the saving delivered might not be the same from one case to another. It was hardly possible to conduct test in exactly two or more similar cases because there was always a difference in e.g. boiler condition, maintenance and schedule, characteristic use of the steam, industrial type, etc.
If steam is used on constant basis like in hotels, higher saving might be expected. Differently, if used for manufacturing where there is a lot of variation in production, change-over, etc, saving expected might be lower.
Emission test was not conducted yet due to difficulty in capturing the smoke in the chimney. But, the producing company of the product claims that 75% reduction of harmful emission can be expected.
After all, the product is well worth trying in the efforts to save fuel energy and to lower the cleaning maintenance cost.
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If you are interested in further information about :
- What the product is
- What the company who makes it
- Where in your location to get it
- How it works
- How to use it
- What the Saving Model
with heading "Boiler Fuel Saver please"
NEWS UPDATE Nov 25, 2009
Video (Indonesian) on Test Result of Product used in Shipping Line
Benefits reported :
- Save Fuel by upto 20%
- Increase cruising speed by 10%
- Reduce knocking
- Reduce carbon emission
