Case Study
When the US Army Facility at Picatinny Arsenal needed a steam pipeline valve controller
When the US Army Facility at Picatinny Arsenal needed a steam pipeline valve controller Challenge Chevron Energy Solutions, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., provides operations and maintenance services for all heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems at Picatinny Arsenal in Wharton, New Jersey. Chevron’s services cover 407 pieces of equipment in 275 buildings, including 120 boilers, and an extensive system of steam piping that serves remote buildings across the Arsenal. In an e?ort to incorporate an innovative technology, Chevron Energy Solutions is beta testing a stand-alone, solar powered steam isolation valve system to shut o? remote steam lines on a pre-programmed schedule dictated by speci?c outside temperature parameters. The system combines a photovoltaic (PV) solar colle