Gas has a number of advantages which change from being beneficial
to being critical in many processes - it burns cleanly, it is easily
and precisely controlled, and a wide range of burner types and control
systems have been developed and perfected over the years to suit many
specialist processes. A small sample of these processes are described
below.
Glass and Pottery
In an industry where quality of product finish is critical,
gas is the ideal fuel. Flogas has built up considerable
expertise having supplied full technical and design
support services to a number of important companies
in this sector including basic specification and design
through to the final installation and commissioning
of equipment.
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Electricity Generation (CHP)
Combined Heat and Power systems, referred to as CHP
systems, generate electricity and hot water (for use
as water heating or space heating). They basically consist
of a gas-powered engine which turns an electrical generator.
Modern units will also have advanced control systems
which can synchronise the system with the Electricity
Supply Board's system and allow excess electrical capacity
to be sold to the ESB. They also have options for being
remotely monitored and checked by the supplier via computers
and modems. The hot water that would go to the radiator
in a conventional engine is passed through a heat exchanger
for use as space heating as well as supplying hot water
requirements.
These systems are extremely efficient,
but to be an economic proposition, there must be both
a steady minimum electrical demand and a corresponding
minimum demand for hot water for a large proportion
of the day. The smallest of these units is relatively
large, and so CHP units are generally only applicable
to larger consumers, such as industrial users and
hotels with swimming pools.
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Metal Processing
The dependable constant pressure and fuel consistency
are perfectly suited to heat treatment of metals in
applications such as hardening of precision parts,
stoving, annealing and drying where combustion can
be controlled within fine limits.
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Food Processing
Food Processing requires a fuel which is clean burning,
highly flexible and versatile, and which will not taint
food produce. Gas can supply all these qualities and
can meet the varying requirements of the many food processing
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Catering
Most chefs make no secret of the fact that they much
prefer cooking with gas because of its distinct advantages
over other fuels. Fast and efficient, gas has proved
the perfect heat source in the majority of this country's
best-known hotels and restaurants as well as outside
caterers, hospitals, schools, factories and other institutions. |
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Agriculture
Flogas is an ideal fuel for the agricultural sector
from the poultry and pig-rearing areas to providing
hot water to the farm. It is also an ideal fuel for
grain drying. |
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Horticulture
For the horticulture industry, Flogas market a modern
range of air heaters, with high efficiency levels, especially
adapted to provide fast heat when temperatures start
to fall off. These heaters also feature the possibility
for C02 enrichment. |
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Construction
The fact that LPG is highly portable becomes a major
advantage in the construction industry. Typical applications
are in roofing, cutting and welding, and in drying out
structures with portable blow-air heaters. |
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