Höyrytys Oy’s portable backup energy supply secured Neste’s Naantali oil refinery during a maintenance outage.
Höyrytys Oy is the largest supplier of fast backup energy in the Nordic countries and has a unique service capability in the field of backup energy in Finland. Wheeled trailers enables the company to supply large volumes of steam or heat to clients across Finland and Northern Europe.
It provides various backup energy services on wheels from heavy trailers and steam vehicles to small flexible heat trailers.
Backup steam or heat comes in handy, for example, in the case of industry maintenance outages and district heat distribution failures.. Backup energy may also be utilized for sporadic processing needs and for handling temporary consumption peaks in the thermal network. It will also save the day in the event of sudden equipment failure.
Neste Naantali oil refinery ordered the portable backup energy trailers from Höyrytys Oy to safeguard its operation during a maintenance break. Seven wheeled units were delivered to the oil refinery, with a total of nine Clayton Steam Generators. The total steam producing capacity of the generators was 28 MW – round the clock.
“We delivered steam to Naantali for five consecutive days at six different locations. The equipment was run by 12 operators and two supervisors”, says Tapio Ritvonen, the Sales Manager of Höyrytys Oy.
Höyrytys Oy has been a Clayton distributer for over 30 years. The advantage of the Clayton Steam Generator for portable steam applications is its compact size that is approximately ¼ of the size of a traditional steam boiler. In addition to this, the inherent safety makes it ideal for use in oil refinery applications such as this. The other main advantages are high efficiency, rapid start from cold in five minutes and unsurpassed reliability.
This was a complete turnkey delivery including steam production, fuel tanks, fuel logistics, installation, and equipment operation.
“We normally buy the steam we need from our neighbouring plant, but they had a maintenance outage. We needed external steam to fill the shortfall, as our own steam production is not enough to keep the entire refinery running”, says Markus Vesikko, the Neste Oy’s work Planner.
“Reserve steam was of great importance to us. This was an extremely good solution, and everything went well. It was easy to work with Höyrytys Oy,” notes Markus Vesikko.
