Optimizing combustion control is critical to reducing emissions and increasing plant operating efficiency, particularly for fluidized bed combustion (FBC) boiler plants burning biomass fuel that has ...

Boilers represent a significant capital investment for any company, making routine inspections all the more necessary for proper operation and to help reduce the chance of accidents. Preventative ...

Feedwater control valves play a critical role in boiler operation. One important parameter of their design is the pressure drop at the rated condition as well as off-design conditions. However, ...

Distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers have long been used to regulate power plant operations, but advanced techniques that have been proven in refining and other industries ...

Contractors, architects, engineers, and others who specify commercial and industrial boilers continually seek systems that are more cost effective, energy efficient, and environmentally friendly. The ...

Combustion Technology’s Boiler System Interface solution helps restore control of equipment and facilities, enabling full management of all boiler house key functions. Through its 12.1” user-friendly ...

WASHINGTON — TAC LLC, formerly Invensys Building Systems, and the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced a voluntary recall of the Erie Boiler Boss Operating and Reset Controls About ...

Microbreweries are still opening at an accelerated pace, and many are using steam in the brewing process. Designing a steam system can be frustrating because the logic of low-pressure steam is ...

Lehigh University research team achieves reductions in emission of the toxic element by altering flue-gas temperature, size of coal particles burned and other physical conditions. They say their new ...

At this point in my series of columns on snow-melt systems, we must begin to assemble the components to drive the heat from the heat source to the snow-melt areas. I’m assuming that the base load has ...