Projects
Boiler Improvements
The University has implemented several improvements to its three existing solid fuel fired boilers, including Boiler No. 6, which was added in 2007. Recently, Baghouse Pollution Control Technology has been installed on the solid fuel boilers. A baghouse filters fine particulates and provides a filter cake that reacts with flue gases for further pollution control.
Improvements—including a new low-Nox burner, an economizer installation, and new boiler management and combustion controls—have also been made to Boiler No. 1 to reduce emissions and increase efficiency.
Sustainability
The Notre Dame Utilities Department has joined forces with the Office of Sustainability to meet growing University demands in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner. Together we have focused on energy and water conservation methods through the implementation of projects for cleaner, more efficient energy and water supplies. More information regarding energy and water sustainability projects and ways you can help can be found through the Office of Sustainability.
Steam and Feedwater Improvements Project
The steam demand on campus increases with the addition of campus facilities. In order to stay in step with this growth, larger feed water pumps and deaerator will be placed into service in 2010. A deaerator is used to remove air and other dissolved gases from the feedwater during the steam generating cycle. Oxygen entrained in feedwater will cause corrosion in steam systems and therefore is removed as part of the overall process.
Improvements to the steam piping within the plant complex will also be made to support the deaerator and increased demand. The steam piping will be configured for a future main steam line to export steam to campus.
