Installation of ORC at Wern Tarw site

Rockwool在南威尔士的布里真德拥有并经营一家绝缘生产设施。该工厂通过在高温下熔化岩石来生产我们的一系列产品，以生产阻燃绝缘材料，帮助世界各地的建筑物和产品绝缘，直接减少这些建筑物在使用寿命期间的碳排放。我们的生产过程使用熔炉熔化岩石，使其能够加工成我们的绝缘产品。这是一个非常耗能的过程，因此我们一直在寻找改进方法，以减少投入，提高效率并减少对环境的任何负面影响。最近的研究表明，现场的熔炉冷却系统之一是现场最大的水用户。在研究如何通过改变冷却系统的设计来克服这一问题的同时，Rockwool发现，冷却系统中使用的热水也可以通过有机朗肯循环（ORC）系统来产生电能。安装该系统的好处是：* 从废弃物中发电 * 由于减少了向现场输入的电力而减少了碳排放 * 现场用水量减少 * 减少对当地居民的视觉影响这些系统已安装在其他工业和制造场景中，是从其他废弃物中产生电能的绝佳方式。

Rockwool own and operate an insulation production facility in Bridgend, South Wales. The site manufactures a range of our products by melting rock at very high temperatures to produce a flame retardant insulation material which is helping to insulate buildings and products around the world, directly reducing the carbon emissions of these buildings over their lifetime.Our production process uses furnaces to melt the rock to enable it to be processed in to our insulation products. This is a very energy intensive process and so we are always looking for ways to improve it to reduce the inputs, increase efficiency and reduce any negative affect we have on the environment.Recent research has shown that one of the furnace's cooling systems at the site is the single largest user of water on site. And whilst investigating ways to overcome this, by altering the design of the cooling system, Rockwool have found that the heated water used in the cooling system could also be used to generate electrical energy by passing it through an organic rankine cycle (ORC) system.The benefits of installing this system will be:* Generation of electricity from a waste product* Carbon savings due to importing less electricity to the site* Reduction in water use at the site* Reduced visual impact to local residentsThese systems have been installed in other industrial and manufacturing scenarios and are an excellent way to produce electrical energy from an otherwise waste by product.