Web Case Study--New Product Helps Laundromats Recover Heat
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in technologies that recover heat and recycle it for cost-effective energy and money savings. In large laundry facilities such as institutional and commercial operations, owners have discovered and implemented heat exchange systems such as shell and tube units for this purpose. However, the high cost of such heat transfer systems along with their significant bulk has put the benefits of heat recovery out of reach for a great deal of smaller dry cleaners and coin-op laundry operations. But now there are alternatives that can be easily placed into operation that are cost effective and offer considerable energy savings.
One product making news in the laundry market is the GFX drainwater recovery system. This heat exchanger economically recovers heat from hot water that goes down the drain. Developed by a physicist funded by a Department of Energy grant, the GFX (Gravity Film Xchanger) provides energy and money savings anywhere hot water is consistently used.