For power plants burning anything other than natural gas, boiler cleaning is an important part of keeping the plant working efficiently. Over time, boilers will build up ash that will form slag ...

Nearly 50 years ago, Norm Harty, president of N.B. Harty General Contractors Inc., was a driller and dynamite blaster for road and railway construction when Kenneth Bridegroom, a supervisor at a power ...

One of the keys to boiler efficiency in thermal power plants is ensuring fouling and clinkers formed on superheater bundles are routinely removed. A mobile shockwave cleaning method offers one ...

Most engineers and operators know (or should know) that boiler tubes containing deposits create long-term reliability problems for the boiler. Long-term overheating of the metal will result from ...

STAMFORD, Conn. — Goodway Technologies is sharing best practices and reminders for performing boiler cleaning as well as tips to help keep your boiler room safe. It is important to ensure equipment is ...

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 ...

Even on small boilers, the prevention of scale formation can produce substantial energy savings. Scale deposits occur when calcium, magnesium, and silica, commonly found in most water supplies, react ...

AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that its B&W Thermal business segment has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $13 million to retrofit boiler ...

WASHINGTON, DC, January 10, 2012 (ENS) – The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s administrative stay on a rule that sets air toxics standards for ...