Energy Solutions for the Chemical and Refining Industries

Armstrong knows that achieving true best-practice protocols for energy management and environmental compliance is a high priority in the chemical and refining industries. After all, energy represents more than half of your total production costs. And best-practice management is the key to building consistent savings into multiple facilities in a global network.

Armstrong understands these realities. And we also know that it’s hard to think about steam and condensate system optimization when nonstop operation at full capacity gives you virtually no time to maintain your system, let alone improve it.

Refining our contribution—how Armstrong is helping

For more than a century, Armstrong has been helping our partners around the globe optimize their utility systems. We provide the talent needed to recognize utility system inefficiencies and the manpower to implement the project ideas. We can help with the financing to fund the work necessary to optimize a system. Here’s how Armstrong is helping the chemical and refining industries:

Packaged piping solutions

Condensate improvement services

  • Condensate removal for improved heat transfer
  • Condensate retrieval for fuel, water and chemical savings
  • Management of condensate contaminants to save energy and protect boilers

Trap management services

  • Steam trap surveys
  • Steam trap monitoring/reporting
    (Our exclusive SteamStar™ is the first and only Web-based platform for recording, monitoring and managing steam trap information. If you use it with our SteamEye® system for remote steam trap testing and monitoring, you can achieve true best-practice steam system management.)
  • Steam trap turnkey installations

Service solutions

  • Energy auditing that identifies areas of utility system inefficiency
  • Engineering design for utility project improvements
  • Complete utility operations and maintenance responsibilities
  • Turnkey installation
  • Project management
  • Financing for utility upgrade projects
  • Measurement and verification of energy projects
  • Complete steam system training

Specialists from Armstrong can visit your location for walkthroughs and follow up with comprehensive system assessments. While there may be more than one course of action for you, we will recommend and—if you choose—implement the one(s) that will deliver the greatest benefit. The customized, site-specific solution will improve the efficiency of your utility systems today and continue to pay dividends for years to come. You can choose an off-site consulting model or decide on an on-site Armstrong team that is dedicated to meeting your cost and operational needs.

$500,000 annual savings for one Fortune 500 chemical company

Armstrong helped produce annual energy savings of more than $500,000 by identifying and implementing seven utility projects. Financing, provided by Armstrong, enabled the savings to immediately offset costs and eliminate a large capital outlay. To review other success stories, consult our Partnership Profiles.

To learn how Armstrong is helping other chemical and refining companies around the world with a full range of product, service and training solutions, go to the menu above. Or click this link to arrange a system assessment.