Pneumatic furnace damper drives may be more common, but electro-hydraulic actuators provide several advantages to the more traditional control scheme. One fossil-fired plant in Taiwan achieved more ...

Power plants–especially coal-fired boilers–pose a set of process control problems unparalleled in other industries. Rapid load ramps, continuous unit demand changes, variable fuel quality and process ...

The boiler room is probably the most important location in any facility. Without steam or hot water, most processes would not function, people would be cold, electrical grids would blackout, and ...

A gas supply operation in North America commissioned three new steam boilers in a plant expansion project that included a Robinson forced draft (FD) fan on each boiler. During the boiler start-up in a ...

THE ELECTRIC UTILITY industry’s transition into the age of deregulation is driving the need to improve the thermal performance of fossil-fueled plants. In order to stay competitive utilities must ...

Continuing the restoration of the #1 Lancashire boiler at the Claymills Pumping Station in the UK, the volunteers are putting ...

Save money on your heating bills by controlling when your boiler is on and how hard it's working - we explain how, below. Many domestic boilers are only set up to be on or off. Modern condensing ...