major energy savings in the ventilation operation

Created Tuesday, December 13, 2022

BORNHOLM'S HOSPITAL PUTS CAMFIL HI-FLO XLT TO A TEST TO SEE IF IT COULD HANDLE THE PRESSURE

COMPANY PROFILE

Bornholm Hospital is located in Rønne on Bornholm and is a local hospital for the inhabitants of Bornholm and Ertholmene as well as for the many tourists who visit the islands every year. Bornholms Hospital, part of the Capital Region‘s hospital system, employs approximately 570 full-time employees and in 2018 had almost 7,000 admissions and around 65,000 outpatient visits.

As a place for disease treatment and recovery, good and healthy air quality in hospitals is extremely important, and therefore many resources are used to maintain and optimize ventilation systems in the Danish hospitals. In addition, dedicated staff are often employed to take care of it and monitor the entire process.

THE SITUATION

HIGH DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES AND OPERATIONAL DISTURBANCES

Operations department at hospital experienced major problems with excessively high differential pressures and operational disturbances in their ventilation system.
The ventilation units located on the roof of the hospital are exposed to sea mist, haze and moisture in the air, and the moisture affected the installed bag filters so much that the air had difficulty passing the filters.
Operations department therefore often received an alert on their CTS system that there were problems with a too high differential pressure, which required immediate action and filter change.

THE SOLUTION

The ventilation filters already installed had synthetic media bags, so Camfil suggested their best bag filter Hi-Flo XLT, which has an optimized design for high performance and fiberglass media bags.

Hi-Flo XLT is a high-quality ventilation filter that maintains a healthy indoor climate and at the same time saves energy and money.

THE RESULT

In 4 months, operations department demonstrated an energy saving of as much as 36% and significantly fewer operational disturbances.

Energy savings amount to approximately DKK 20,000 per year per unit.

The conversion of the filters also resulted in fewer filter changes, lower CO2 emissions and an improved air quality to protect patients and staff.

major energy savings in the ventilation operation

BORNHOLM'S HOSPITAL PUTS CAMFIL HI-FLO XLT TO A TEST TO SEE IF IT COULD HANDLE THE PRESSURE

THE SITUATION

THE SOLUTION

THE RESULT

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