The Asheville Plant, owned by Progress Energy, consists of four units that produce 700 MW near Arden, North Carolina (Figure 1). Unit 2 is a Babcock & Wilcox front-fired reheat boiler with a maximum ...

Treating carbon steel components to improve their surface properties such as hardness via the carburising process is a well established technology. And yet even today, aft er many years of development ...

How important is airflow across an evaporator in a properly operating air conditioning system? If you ask a wide range of technicians you are likely to get many different answers, but the general ...

Check thermostat settings, filters, and fuel supply first when your furnace blows cold air. Call an HVAC technician for issues like sensor failures, clogged burners, or duct leaks. Skipping routine ...

Once pulverized coal flows have been measured, they can be balanced and optimized. Until then, tuning is simply guesswork. The right way to balance furnace fuel flows is to establish solid baseline ...