Rowett Institute, Aberdeen

Product: Packaged PlantPac Units

Date: October 2014

In a mission to become the 'foremost human nutrition research facility in the world' the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen County Council have redeveloped the existing site and developed a new state-of-the-art building. The new 107,639 sq ft building is located on the Foresterhill campus, in Aberdeen. The centre will boast the largest Human Nutrition centre in the whole of the UK, providing state-of-the-art laboratories and public areas.

The Rowett Institute heating system utilses steam as a primary heating source. As steam is commonly used in laboratories for sterilisation, building services engineers take advantage of this and use it for hot water and space heating. The latent heat from steam is far more effective than using sensible heat from hot water, as the rate of heat transfer is much greater giving instantaneous domestic hot water.

GMS provided the following;

· 2 x PPSD-483-3.75 Domestic PlantPac Packages

· 2 x PPSD-230-3.75 Domestic PlantPac Packages

· 2 x PPSL-600-3.75 LTHW PlantPac Packages

· 1200 Litre Stainless Steel Direct Storage Cylinder

· 600 Litre Stainless Steel Direct Storage Cylinder

· 1000 Litre Mild Steel Thermal Store Buffer Vessel

The photo above is the Domestic PlantPac Package which was supplied. The package features; plate heat exchanger, steam conditioning system, temperature control system, system interlock, condensate pump and safety features including fail-safe, independent high temperature cut-out valve and safety valve.

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