We were awarded a project at Beta Technologies in St. Albans, located at the old Energizer facility. This facility will be used for testing batteries in multiple different configurations, as well as implementing numerous types of tests being done on their battery packs. The original project at Beta consisted of installing a new process cooling water system capable of cooling their equipment at 670 GPM and maintaining 85°F, to also include (2) 40HP redundant pump sets, and an 18’ tall, closed loop cooling tower. This has now been in operation for approximately 6-7 months successfully cooling their equipment and tools as necessary.
This project also consisted of installing (3) new Captive Aire RTU’s for various rooms, and in addition to that, we needed to put a new duct ventilation system throughout each space for each of the newly installed RTU’s.
As the work progressed for phase 1, Beta requested to add and install exhaust duct for their new Battery Testing Scrubber system. This system consisted of installing exhaust duct rated for static pressures as high as 10”and as low as 4” static pressure between (4) concrete reinforced bunkers, a pre-filter assembly, the scrubber itself, and the post filter assembly. All the exhaust duct ended up connecting to the main exhaust fan which connects to a 60’ tall stack. The shop fabricated each piece for the field, and everything fit perfectly.
During the implementation of the original project, Beta requested pricing on another project and decided to proceed. This second phase started out as a bathroom/break room fit up with minimal modifications to the existing HVAC/ventilation system. However, we needed to make modifications due to the age of the existing AHU’s. Instead, 4 new AHU’s were installed to serve the 30,000 square foot warehouse AC and heating loads. Startup will begin in the coming weeks.
