Manufacturing Plant Cooling & Heating

Dana Corporation Cooling & Heating Project

A 70,000SQ.FT manufacturing plant cut its heating bills by over 50% and had no increase in electrical costs whilst adding cooling to the facility. One Powrmatic Thermal Economizer was installed which provided an impressive 100 ton of DX cooling, along with an additional 100 ton DX cooling and gas heating unit.

LocationGordonsville, TN
Size70,000 SQ.FT
Equipment Installed1 DX Cooling Thermal Economizer / 1 DX Cooling & Heating

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“After the first heating season, the facilities Engineer did a review of the heating costs and found that the Powrmatic Thermal Economizer system had cut their gas usage over 50% from the previous year. In the process of successfully improving employee relations, this manufacturer lowered all of its utility costs by installing a Powrmatic heating and cooling system.”

Bob Ramsey, VP Sales - Powrmatic

Project Background

This 70,000 Sq. Ft. auto parts manufacturing plant in central Tennessee was experiencing reduced productivity due to excessive heat and humidity during the summer months. The problem got so bad, that they decided to add an air conditioning system to this facility. During this process, they also decided to replace an aging heating system.

Project Solution

Before the change was made in the fall, the facility was ventilated with exhaust fans in the summer and heated with ceiling-mounted unit heaters in the winter months. In the fall a Powrmatic Thermal Economizer system was installed. The system consisted of one (1) 100-ton DX cooling unit and one (1) 100-ton DX cooling and gas heating unit. Many facilities might be able to add air conditioning with little or no increase in utility cost. new facilities can add air conditioning at little extra expense when the ventilation system is deleted from the project and then experience similar results as shown in this case study.

Project Result

After the first heating season, the facilities Engineer did a review of the heating costs and found that the Powrmatic Thermal Economizer system had cut their gas usage over 50% from the previous year. After the first cooling season ended, the same engineer made another study of their electrical consumption. He wanted to calculate how much his electrical usage had risen to air-condition the facility. To his amazement, he found that not only was there no increase in electrical consumption there was actually a slight decrease in consumption from the prior year when it was only ventilated.

The project in numbers

SQ.FT Building

Thermal Economizer DX Cooling ATU

Thermal Economizer DX Cooling & Heating ATU

Tons of DX Cooling Per Unit

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