In today’s electricity generating environment, new demands are being placed on fossil-fueled boilers, including operating in cycling modes for which the boilers were not originally designed. In a ...

The thermal utilization of sustainable fuels and the recovery of waste heat play a central role in today’s energy generation ...

Reducing boiler downtime – particularly from tube failures – demands constant vigilance. Boiler tube failures, especially in coal-fired power plants, continue to be the major cause of boiler forced ...

Faced with deregulation, increasing retail competition and pressures to keep boilers online, many coal-fired power generating stations have adopted business strategies centered on increasing unit ...

The NanoSteel Company is an advanced materials company which has created a unique and proprietary portfolio of nanotechnology based and environmentally friendly steel alloys that greatly increase the ...

Scale, like many things in life, is easy to ignore until it becomes a problem. For boilers that produce hot water and steam for industrial activities, the situation can become serious before the scale ...

This article is part two in a two-part series about inspecting watertube power boilers. Part one is available at https://shorturl.at/vDGQ8. To ensure boilers remain reliable and well-maintained, ...

During inspections, the ends of boiler tubes tell a story—if you know what to look for. In this hands-on Weekly Boiler Tip (filmed at Boiler University) we examine welded, beaded, and flared tube ends ...

Cleaning power station boiler tube walls is a dirty and troublesome job that is not only hazardous, but can generally only be done during station down times to minimize the risk to human cleaners. To ...

Among conventional (noncondensing) commercial water boilers used for space heating or process heat with input sizes of 400 MBH and up, three boiler types loom large: those with cast-iron sectional ...