Most boiler problems don’t occur suddenly. They develop slowly over a long period of time — so slowly, in fact, that you grow accustomed to the change without realizing it has taken place. Corrosion ...

Creeped out and fatigued—that’s the state of many coal-fired boilers these days. Understanding failure mechanisms and suitable testing methods for identifying potential trouble can help you find ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...