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Post Consumer Brands Gains Efficiency Through Boiler Optimization

The company utilized the MnTAP internship program to reduce energy consumption and increase self-sufficiency.

Post welcomed an MnTAP intern, who compared different options for boiler system operation and replacement, as well as on-site electricity production options.
Post welcomed an MnTAP intern, who compared different options for boiler system operation and replacement, as well as on-site electricity production options.

Post Consumer Brands’ Malt-O-Meal, a ready-to-eat cereal manufacturing plant, utilizes steam on multiple production lines as part of the cereal manufacturing process and compressed air to operate multiple variations of production equipment. After an energy assessment from an outside contractor, the company sought more detail for a potential boiler system upgrade which would include improving the energy efficiency of the boilers and compressed air systems.

Post welcomed Natalia Kaliszewski, a mechanical engineering major at the University of Minnesota, from the MnTAP Intern Program, who compared different options for boiler system operation and replacement. The company also emphasized an interest to produce electricity on-site due to outages caused by storms in the area that add expense, wasted product, and additional work for employees.

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Kaliszewski proposed the following solutions:

Replace the current tube boilers with high-efficiency fire tube boilers which would save Post 190,000 therms and $132,000 per year, also allowing it to gain a faster reaction time to steam load changes in the facility.

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