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July 13, 2009
Calgon Carbon Corporation's new facility for its UV Technologies Division in Coraopolis, PA is reducing environmental impact through the long-term testing required of high power UV lamps. The lamps are used in the SENTINEL® Ultraviolet Reactors to disinfect and purify water.
Calgon Carbon's Quality Control procedures require long-term testing of the lamps to ensure proper performance over the lifetime of each lamp. To verify performance, sample lamps are operated 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. To keep the lamps cool, cooling water is continuously re-circulated through the test units. The circulating water is then cooled by a set of condensers.
The Facility at 2000 McClaren Woods Drive was uniquely designed to recover this heat from the condensers, Instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. The exhaust air from the condensers is directed inside the building during the winter months and outside during the summer months. The condensers recover sufficient energy to comfortably heat the entire 37,000 sq ft manufacturing area during the coolest days of winter without utilizing the building's heating system.
The UV facility's gas consumption is limited to heating the office space, and providing supplementary heat to the manufacturing area when the lamp testing system is undergoing maintenance. Annual savings have been estimated at $25,000.
For more information, visit www.calgoncarbon.com.
About Calgon Carbon Corporation
Calgon Carbon Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global leader in services and solutions for making water and air safer and cleaner.
SOURCE: Calgon Carbon Corporation
