BOILER CASE STUDY Charles Krug St. Helena, California Pump Testing CUSTOMER APPLICATION AND KEY CHALLENGES Charles Krug, Napa Valley's first winery established in 1861, has been owned and operated by the Peter Mondavi family for more than four generations. Charles Krug is recognized as an innovator and pioneer in the winemaking industry, with their exquisite line of critically acclaimed wine vintages being enjoyed by aficionados and casual consumers alike. To assist the fermentation step in the winemaking process, Charles Krug was utilizing a steam boiler to heat their wine to temperatures below 90°F. Unfortunately, the boiler was an older model and relies on a heat exchanger to produce high pressure steam; an unnec- essarily expensive and inefficient tech- nology. On top

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