Baylor College of Medicine in Houston--a high-tech research facility--has one of the first installations of an online data reporting system tot high tech watertube boilers. Now, its boiler operations staff can receive feedback similar to what was formerly only available to the boiler manufacturer. Baylor wanted the system to ensure an uninterrupted supply of process and heating steam for this campus of buildings comprising 1.4 million sq ft.
The director of facilities, Rock Morille, and the project engineer, lames Kisiel, wanted the new feedback technology in addition to the other "watertube vs. fire-tube" benefits. "This was the best and most efficient way for us to get the campus 'usage trends' information that we must track in order to comply with regulatory standards," said Morille.
Being in Houston, Baylor has to con tend with government regulatory agencies that impose greater restrictions on it. Kisiel commented, "One of the great benefits of our particular brand watertube boiler is that it allows you to add sensing and measuring devices and record critical operating information which is then seen in the soft ware package that organizes and displays the other measured points."
The monitoring system feedback gas-related data in a number of forms (focusing the operator's attention on total system performance). There is data on high and low gas pressure, how long the boilers actually run in high fire or low-fire, fluctuations in flue gas temperatures, etc. This feedback from the monitoring system can verify that a plant is in compliance."
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