HÖYRYTYS OY’S MOVABLE BACKUP ENERGY SUPPLY
SECURED NESTE'S NAANTALI OIL REFINERY DURING
A MAINTENANCE OUTAGE
BY: JARI PELTORANTA
PHOTO: NESTE OYJ
Höyrytys Oy is the largest supplier of fast backup energy in the Nordic countries and has a unique service
capability in the field of backup energy in Finland. The wheeled trailers enables the company to supply large
volumes of steam or heat to clients across Finland and Northern Europe.
THE COMPANY provides various backup energy services on "We delivered steam to Naantali for five consecutive days
wheels from heavy trailers and steam vehicles to small flexible to six different locations. The equipment was run by 12 opera-
heat trailers. tors and two supervisors,” says Tapio Ritvonen, the Sales Man-
Backup steam or heat comes handy for example in case
of industry maintenance outages and distribution breaks of
ager of Höyrytys Oy.
This was a complete turnkey delivery including steam
district heat. Backup energy may also be utilized for sporadic production, fuel tanks, fuel logistics, installation, and
processing needs and for handling temporary consumption equipment operation.
peaks in the thermal network. It will save the situation also in
the event of sudden equipment failure.
"We normally buy the steam we need from our
neighbouring plant, but they had a maintenance outage. We
needed external steam to fill the shortfall, as our own steam
Large backup energy power production is not enough to keep the entire refinery running,”
Neste Naantali oil refinery ordered the movable backup says Markus Vesikko, the Work Planner of Neste Oy.
energy trailers of Höyrytys Oy to secure its work during the
“Reserve steam was of great importance to us. This was
maintenance break. Seven wheeled units were delivered to an extremely good solution, and everything went well. It was
the oil refinery, with a total of nine Clayton steam generators. easy to work with Höyrytys Oy,” notes Markus Vesikko. n
The total steam producing capacity of the generators was 28
MW round the clock.
More information: www.hoyrytys.fi
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