5% fuel and 21,434 litres of water saved through condensate and flash steam recovery at a noodle plant in Indonesia

The plant faced low feedwater temperature at 39°C (102.2°F). They needed to improve their condensate and flash steam recovery.

Forbes Marshall recommended and implemented the following thermal energy solutions to help establish a closed-loop steam system ensuring condensate recovery from the fryer and flash recovery to the steamer:

• A FlashJet™ Pump (FJP) was installed to recover flash steam and condensate.
• A Control Valve was installed to ensure the steamer received steam between 0.2 to 0.4 barg.
• A Steam Metering Station (SteaMon™) was installed to measure and monitor both live steam and flash steam going to the steamer.

Feedwater temperature increased from 39 to 60°C (102.2 to 140°F)

Daily steam consumption (avg) by flash recovery reduced from 96,664 to 94,450 Kilograms (213K to 208K Pounds)

Daily makeup water consumption reduced from 100,959 to 79,525 Litres (26.6K to 21K Gallons)

Fuel (gas) consumption reduced from 7,546 to 7,446 Nm³ per day (281.7K to 277.9K SCF)

Fuel savings of 377 Nm3/day i.e. 5%

Daily steam savings of 2.2 Tonnes (4850 Pounds)

Daily water savings of 21.4 Tonnes (47K Pounds)

Annual monetary savings of USD 46,684 (~IDR 780,183,008 *converted based on exchange rate)