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of the first state-sponsored environmental achievement awards handed out in Maine since 2005. The Bethel-based business was honored as one of six stewards of sustainability presented with the 2012 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence by Gov. Paul LePage and Patricia Aho, commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The awards, administered by the Maine DEP and scheduled in conjunction with Earth Day, recognize entities that voluntarily go beyond regulatory requirements to creatively and collaboratively initiate innovation that is both environmentally and economically sustainable. Maine Energy Systems won in the Businesses Under 15 Employees category for helping Maine homes, public facilities and businesses—including Waterville High School and Mt. Abram Ski Resort—transition to a cleaner fuel sustainably harvested
from Maine’s forests. Conversion to pellet heat can lower fuel costs for users by about half and cut the carbon footprint of an average-sized home by about 16 tons per year, while helping retain and create jobs in Maine’s vibrant forest products industry. Boiler & Steam Systems develops multiclones Boiler & Steam Systems of Bellevue, Wash., has developed new high-efficiency ceramic multiclones for coal- and wood-fired boilers. The use of ceramic materials and a new casting technology has resulted in a new generation of ultra-high efficient multiclones. The new design provides a quantum reduction in particulate emissions compared with existing collectors. The new 10- and 6-inch diameter models are currently available and 9-, 11.5- and 12-inch diameter ceramic cones will be available soon. The new ceramic castings are a direct replacement for existing collector tubes
of the same diameter. The high-efficiency designs will also help marginal boiler plants meet the new Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology standards. The new cone geometry evolved through a combination of multiclone research projects, CFD modeling and recent studies on high-efficiency cyclonic separation. The new designs maximize the particulate capture of the collector spinner and cone as an assembly through precision casting. A custom ceramic mix is used to create a very smooth surface with an abrasion life five times longer than that of iron castings.
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