New Boiler Plant Meeting Low Nox Emissions And Seismic Requirements
New Boiler Plant Meeting Low Nox Emissions And Seismic Requirements
2 PagesBOILER DIVISION CASE STUDY El Camino Hospital Mountain View California New Central Plant CUSTOMER APPLICATION AND KEY CHALLENGES The 1994 Northridge earthquake, a 6.7 trembler centered in Los Angeles, resulted in 72 deaths, over 9,000 injuries and ren- dered dozens of area hospitals damaged or unusable. As a result, the California State Senate passed a law that amended the Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act. SB-1953 requires all hospitals to retrofit, rebuild or close hospital buildings by spe- cific dates if they do not meet strict new seismic safety standards, which would ensure that acute care units and emer- gency rooms could withstand future earth- quake events. The El Camino Hospital is located in the heart of Silicon Valley and for over 43 years has supplied a ble
