The Project: Elk Regional Medical Center
CJL Engineering was selected to design a 16 million BTU High Pressure Steam System utilizing a BioMass Boiler for Elk Regional Medical Center, which received a grant from the Department of Energy for the purchase of this equipment. Elk Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in the State of Pennsylvania utilizing BioMass Boilers for heating of the hospital facility, domestic water heating, humidification and process steam for sterilization in autoclaves.

CJL Engineering Design Solutions:
• The system consists of a BioMass 16 million BTUH High Pressure Steam Boiler, which burns
   wood chips for fuel.
• The new BioMass Boiler serves as the hospital’s primary boiler system. The existing
   gas-fired boilers remain in standby.
• A separate building was constructed to house the BioMass Boiler System, along with a
   separate wood fuel holding building.

The Project: St. Francis – DiSepio Health & Wellness Center
The new 30,000 sq. ft. DiSepio Institute for Rural Health & Wellness Center is an education and research center, a clinic and rehabilitation center, strength and conditioning center, classrooms and research facilities. Designed to be LEED® compliant, the building features a three level atrium, the center serves the University’s Rural Health Sciences program that focuses on a telemedicine curriculum linking medical centers with remote locations. Served by a new Geothermal Well System, the building is designed to be joined with the existingSullivan Hall.

CJL Engineering Design Solutions:
• The Geothermal System is comprised of 44 wells; 350 feet deep with a heat pump design
   will serve the HVAC needs of the building.
• Energy Modeling was used to calculate the heating and cooling loads of the glazing
   walls, windows and skylights.
• Emergency Generator Distribution System for life safety devices and heat pumps can carry
   the building for any unforeseen shut-down of power.

The Project: Kane BioMass Boiler
The Kane Area School District obtained a Department of Energy grant to install a 6 million BTU BioMass Hot Water Boiler System to serve the Senior High School. CJL Engineering designed the installation which utilizes lumber yard waste as its primary fuel source. The design included a combustion unit with an Automated Auger Fuel Feeding System. The BioMass Plant is housed in a new building remote from the school. The payback for this system installation will be less than seven (7) years by utilizing sawdust produced from local lumber yards in North Central Pennsylvania vs. the current natural gas fuel source.

CJL Engineering Design Solutions:
• This combustion unit utilizes a series of air induction fans controlled by VFD’S (Variable
   Frequency Drives) to maintain a burn chamber temperature of 1800° F. A fire tube boiler unit
   fits atop the combustion unit and provides the heat transfer means to generate hot water.
• The combustion by-products are drawn through a cyclone separator, removing particulates
   prior to exhausting to the atmosphere. This cyclone separation process significantly
   reduces particulate emissions thereby satisfying the requirements of the Pennsylvania
   Department of Environmental Protection.

The Project: SCI Cresson BioMass CJL Engineering is designing a new BioMass Boiler and Turbine Co-Generation System for the State Correctional Institution - Cresson, PA. The Co-Generation Plant provides electricity by generating electric power utilizing a steam turbine from high-pressure steam produced by a BioMass Boiler. The high-pressure steam enters the turbine at 315 psig and exits at 50 psig. The 50 psig steam is piped into the campus-wide Steam Distribution System and is utilized for space heating, domestic water heating, and laundry operations. The 300 kw of electric power generated from the turbine is directly connected into the campus Electric Distribution System.

CJL Engineering Design Solutions:
• BioMass Boiler is wood chip fueled; 600HP capacity, 350 psi Design Pressure, and provides
   20,700 lbs per hour of steam.
• 315 kw Back pressure steam turbine generating up to 300 kw of electricity.
• Fuel storage silo @ 18,000 cubic feet with bucket elevator and various conveyors.
• New building to house all BioMass and fuel handling equipment.

The Project: Valley Mall Chillers
CJL Engineering provided a system assessment, and then designed a Chilled Water Plant and HVAC upgrade to the 30-year-old Valley Mall. The 680,000 sq. ft. shopping mall is owned by Pennsylvania Real Estate investment Trust, (PREIT).

CJL Engineering Design Solutions:
• One of the existing 1,100-Ton chillers was removed, while the second was retained for
   emergency use. Two new, higher efficiency, (0.62 KW/ton) nominal 900-Ton chillers were
   added.
• The upgraded plant design incorporated new chilled water distribution piping to
   accommodate a 30,000 sq. ft. addition ongoing at the time of the project.
• The existing central station air-handling units serving the concourse and middle mall
   tenants were also upgraded.
• Replaced vortex dampers with CFD units to conserve energy.