Recent Introductions Demonstrate Fulton's Commitment to R&D and the Environment
In a move to demonstrate its commitment to R&D and the environment, Fulton has introduced a number of energy saving products to its range.
The company’s new flue gas Economiser for its gas and dual-fuel-fired horizontal RBC boiler range can provide fuel savings of up to 5% and, in a typical installation, achieve payback in less than a year.
The Economiser operates in the same way as a heat exchanger. By capturing the waste heat inherent in flue gases and transferring it to the boiler feedwater, the feedwater temperature increases from approximately 85° to 120°. Because this takes place on the positive side of the feed pump, there is no cavitation effect and the flue gas energy does not have to be applied by the boiler. Depending on the steam application, the Economiser can either reduce the fuel consumption of a boiler at a given steam output or increase steam output for a given amount of fuel.
Fulton Steam Boilers Cut Cooking Time For Lyons Seafoods
Lyons Seafoods is one of the largest prawn and seafood processors in the UK, specialising in supplying the country’s leading supermarkets and food service groups with raw, freshly cooked, chilled, and frozen prawns and other speciality seafoods.
As part of a £3.5m expansion programme that has included the commissioning of a second processing line, the Warminster-based company has installed a fully packaged plant room from Fulton Boiler Works.
The plant room, which contains two dual-fuel RBC1250 boilers plus ancillary equipment, was manufactured at Fulton’s headquarters in Bristol and delivered to site as three modular skid mounted packages – one for each of the RBC1250 boilers and one for the ancillary equipment. The skids were then mounted onto a prepared concrete base, connected to site services and covered with a Quinshield composite housing.
Fulton Helps Create Stage Fright for Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds Musical
Fulton Boiler Works has supplied an Electric Flash Steam (EFS) boiler to Wiltshire-based special effects designers Back Stage Technologies, which is using steam to create simulated flames and light beams for Jeff Wayne’s live stage musical version of the sci-fi classic 'War of the Worlds'.
Back Stage Technologies (BSTE) specialises in repeatable special effects for theme parks, concerts and general entertainment applications and has received particular notoriety for its work in cryogenics and simulated flame systems.
Using specialist lighting effects with steam from Fulton’s modified 36kW EFS boiler, BSTE has created an effect that appears to fill the stage with flames. The special effects system is also used to create a ray gun effect that fires into the audience from a Martian fighting machine that it is lowered onto the stage during the performance.
The reconditioned boiler, which was originally a 48kW EFS, was heavily modified by Fulton to enable it to be taken on tour and used at venues with only a 36 amp 3-phase electrical supply. A regulator was also fitted to reduce pressure from 10 bar to just ½ bar and the boiler’s fourth element was adapted to be used for backup purposes.
Advanced plasma power stays with Fulton to triple steam power at its municipal solid waste energy from waste facility.
Bristol-based steam boiler specialist Fulton Limited has supplied Advanced Plasma Power (APP) with one of its Electropack EP60 steam boilers, which has almost tripled the steam capacity at the company's Swindon-based Gasplasma® test facility.
Founded in 2005 to commercialise its internationally patented Gasplasma® technology, APP now claims to offer the optimum solution for converting municipal solid waste into clean, local energy – with minimal emissions and virtually no residues sent to landfill. The Swindon plant, which is essentially a smaller version of the commercial plants APP offers, is a test facility built to evaluate different types of wastes supplied by clients from various countries to optimise the Gasplasma® process and, subsequently, the viability of a plant for that specific location.
Westcountry keeps smoking with fulton boiler.
Fulton has supplied a 60J steam boiler to Westcountry Smoke house, who recently secured a contract to supply cooked duck, fish and ready meals for a supermarket chain.
Westcountry's existing facility was upgraded by installing a second processing line and, given the increased demand from both lines, a replacement boiler was installed that would not only cope with current demands, but also future-proof the company.
Says factory engineer Jeff Peters: "We were already using a Fulton electric boiler that had worked without issue since it was installed. We therefore had no hesitation in approaching them for this upgrade. Their knowledge of steam is second to none."
Fulton introduces new service and installation team
As part of the ongoing restructuring plans for its UK business, Fulton Limited has announced that, with immediate effect, a new Service & Installation Team will be available to deal with customer's requirements for small-scale steam boiler installations and retrofitting of its recently launched energy saving products including Modulating Burners, TDS Energy Recovery Systems and Economisers.
Commenting for Fulton Limited, managing director Paul Richards says: "The new team will ensure that customers ordering single boilers or additional ancillaries that don't have access to an installation service can draw on Fulton's extensive experience."
He goes on to say that Fulton is now a specialist designer and manufacturer of energy efficient products and ready-to-ship boiler plant rooms to customers in hospital and healthcare, food and beverage, laundry and other sectors; and has dedicated teams that can now offer sales and application advice, through to installation and full commissioning and after sales service.
For further information call Fulton on +44 (0)117 972 3322 or email