Case Study: International Beer Garten
Overview The International Beer Garten is located in Lutz, Florida and provides patrons with a relaxed environment and the widest selection of beers across the world. Challenges The International Beer Garten has two high-end Hobart Commercial under-the-counter dishwashers costing nearly $8,000. They are very compact in size, but offer a high-temperature, superior sanitizing system that […]
Case Study: Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen
Overview Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, or often referred to as Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits, is a large quick-service chicken chain with more than 2,000 locations in the United States and in over 22 countries. Challenges The Popeye’s in Oklahoma all have steam tables where a float regulates the water levels. When the water level drops, more […]
Case Study: Lowell Correctional Institution
Overview The Lowell Correctional Institution is located near Ocala, Florida and was the first prison for women in the state Challenges The building, which houses more than 1,400 inmates, was experiencing limescale buildup in the hot water lines, the water heaters and the dishwasher’s heating elements. Solution Two SB-250s were installed on the hot water […]
Case Study: Supermax Adx Penitentiary
Overview The “Supermax” or United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) is a federal supermax prison located in Florence, Colorado. It houses the most dangerous inmates in the USA who are in need of the tightest control possible. Many of their inmates are very notorious high-profile criminals that present very high security risks. Inmates include […]
Case Study: Mexican Geothermal Steam Wells
Overview In Mexico, there are many “hot spots” or thermal pockets inside the earth where they drill deep into the ground. Heat from a fuel source (in geothermal’s case, the earth’s core) is used to heat water or another working fluid. The working fluid is then used to turn a turbine of a generator, thereby […]
Case Study: Chinese Power Plants
Overview ScaleBlaster is a “household” name when it comes to power plants in China. China is the world’s most populous country with more than 1.35 billion people. Hundreds of large industrial units have been installed. Some of the plants include the Fuxin Power Plant in Shenyang City and the Liaoning Power Plant in Jilin Province. […]
Case Study: Shizuishan Power Plant
Overview The Shizuishan Power Plant in China is a massive coal burning power plant that has a capacity to produce 1,980 megawatts of power. A megawatt alone is 1 million watts. Challenges Steam is generated when water is heated by coal and it makes nasty smoke & pollution. They would spray water down long chimneys […]
Case Study: Las Vegas Cogeneration Plant
Overview This Las Vegas Cogeneration Plant was a 238-megawatt power plant that uses the warm water it produced to heat a massive 12-acre greenhouse that produced 40,000 lbs. of tomatoes a day. Challenges Due to the nature of heating water in an extremely hard water area, major scaling in the heating pipes were taking place. […]
Case Study: Extended Stay America
Overview Extended Stay America operates 684 hotels across the USA and Canada with more than 69,000 rooms. They offer the largest number of extended stay hotels in the United States. Challenges Various hotels in the chain, which are owned and operated by the company were having hard water problems. Limescale deposits, clogged aerators, poor water […]
Case Study: Sheraton Tampa East
Overview The Sheraton is an upscale 269-room resort with more than 30,000 square feet of conference space. It was formally a Crowne Plaza Hotel before new management came in. Challenges The buildings plumbing system were so clogged up with limescale that there was no hot water reaching the upper floors, unless they ran water overnight […]