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 ...

Boiler tube failures remain a leading cause of lost availability in power boilers. The need for strategic planning with regard to inspections, preventative maintenance and targeted replacements is ...

Distributed generation integrated with intermittent renewable generation responds to the growing need for highly flexible small-scale (less than 100 MW) power generation resources. The limiting factor ...

Selecting the most economical tube for a new condenser, or the retrofit of an existing one, is much more complex than mere price shopping. Each material has unique performance characteristics that ...

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 ...