Boiler Room News
Increasing Efficiency and Sustainability with VFD
Today we are all asked as individuals, companies, and societies to be more responsible and sensible about our environment. This includes our energy conversion processes; preserving the finite resources of oil and gas while lowering cost, and the impact on the...
Project Highlight: Maximize Boiler Efficiency and Save Space
A utility customer was utilizing a dated Kewanee hot water boiler that provided heat to the facility and also served as freeze-protection for their process. With winter approaching, it was unsettling to the customer knowing that their only boiler could no...
Lowering Energy Costs through Optimum Combustion Control
When looking at the subject of optimum Combustion Control with boilers, it is actually a combination of systems that come together to form the whole. Combustion control begins with the modulating control on the boiler which senses pressure or temperature, sending a...
Keeping Deaerators Effective and Reliable.
In Part I of our Series on Deaerators, we discuss the "why and how' deaerators are employed to protect the boiler system while saving energy and chemical costs. In this article, we want to address how to keep deaerators effective in corrosive gas removal, and...
Deaerators: The Why and How
Boilers are often the forgotten heroes in the processing or manufacturing plant operation, consistently delivering steam power which drives machines, and/or providing heat for molding, curing, sterilizing, comfort, etc. It is only when the intended purpose stops that...
When Boiler Retrofits Make Cents
Businesses are continually looking for ways to save money and reduce cost. The boiler room offers unique boiler upgrade and retrofit opportunities that cannot be overlooked. Boiler operation accounts for a high percentage of the fuel cost when looking at the...