The Enercon permanent steam trapping system provides a perpetual return

The typical timeline for payback from implementing Enercon's permanent steam trapping system is one year or less in manufacturing plants that burn natural gas or other fossil fuels. This return would then be repeated year after year for the life of the plant.

The estimated return on investment for your system can be calculated with minimal information

 To refine the results for any particular application, the following factors are considered:

• Fuel costs
• Level of maintenance
• Maintenance costs
• Steam pressures
• Percentages of traps - each pressure and each application type
• Benefits of improved heat transfer consistency

Enercon's condensate removal system recovers energy

You can generally expect a fuel savings of 10 to 12% where mechanical steam traps are being well-maintained, and between 15 to 25% where maintenance has fallen behind. Even when you compare the Enercon system to a brand new mechanical steam trapping system, you will still see some fuel savings as a result of eliminating the constant opening and closing of mechanical traps.

[Note: These savings are applicable in a trapped steam system and not an injected steam system.]

The Enercon System reduces maintenance overheat

In a situation where failed mechanical steam traps require an expensive maintenance plan, the ROI increases. In colder and more remote regions, or in municipal distribution systems, there are unique circumstances that significantly add to the cost of providing trap maintenance and testing. For example, police protection and traffic direction is required to send a maintenance crew into a manhole within a high-traffic, urban area.

The Enercon system is permanent

Main distribution systems often endure trap failures for years between scheduled maintenance. Yet trap failures in main distribution systems generate the greatest losses in steam. Because the Enercon orifice trap is permanent, maintenance is limited to an annual blow-down of the units to ensure that the strainers are clear. The payback for high-pressure systems of 250 psig and higher is often apparent within just a few months.