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Blackburn Rovers Football Club (Blackburn) has upgraded its under-pitch heating system care of two new commercial boilers from Viessmann Climate Solutions, installed by Burnley based Proctor Process Plant.
Under-soil heating is used in sports stadia with grass surfaces to heat the underside of the pitch and protect it from bad weather, such as snow and ice. The original 1990s boiler at Blackburn’s Ewood Park stadium was getting old and replacement parts were becoming obsolete. A replacement heat generator was sought by the customer to increase reliability, reduce fuel consumption and running costs, and to lower emissions.
Proctor Process Plant successfully tendered for the design and build project, which included two Viessmann Vitocrossal 200 Type CRU 800kW high efficiency (up to 98% standard season efficiency) boilers. The Vitocrossal range offers quiet operation with a modulation range of 1:6 care of its MatriX-Disk burner. It also features a corrosion-resistant Inox-Crossal heat exchanger made from stainless steel.
Other system elements installed as part of the Blackburn Rovers project included a specialist design flue system, 50m in length with colour coded external components; hydraulic separator with air and dirt separation; four TPE high efficiency pumps; prefabricated DN150 welded distribution header pipes; water treatment equipment and thermal insulation.
