BURGESS HILL, England, Nov 2 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Edwards, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of integrated vacuum and abatement solutions, and Globalfoundries Singapore, a leading full-service semiconductor design, development, fabrication and innovation company, were recognised by Singapore’s National Environment Agency in the Best Practices category at the 2016 Energy Efficiency National Partnership (EENP) Awards. The agency uses the awards to foster a culture of sustained energy efficiency improvement in industry and encourage companies to adopt a proactive approach towards energy management by identifying and sharing best practices for other companies to emulate.
The joint project between Globalfoundries and Edwards involved a redesign of 35 abatement units to reduce liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption. Thermal abatement units are used to break down process gases for safe disposal into the atmosphere. The two companies worked together to reduce gas consumption while maintaining destruction efficiency and total abatement capacity by designing and retrofitting smaller, more efficient chambers and nozzles along with a longer weir. The changes reduced annual LPG consumption by 31%, carbon emissions by 640 tons, and annual energy costs by $200,000 USD.
The joint project between Globalfoundries and Edwards involved a redesign of 35 abatement units to reduce liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption. Thermal abatement units are used to break down process gases for safe disposal into the atmosphere. The two companies worked together to reduce gas consumption while maintaining destruction efficiency and total abatement capacity by designing and retrofitting smaller, more efficient chambers and nozzles along with a longer weir. The changes reduced annual LPG consumption by 31%, carbon emissions by 640 tons, and annual energy costs by $200,000 USD.
