Xcel Energy’s Hayden station is located in the Northwest corner of Colorado near Steamboat Springs, Figure 1. The station has two pulverized coal-fired steam electric generating units with ...

Power boiler startup and shutdown cycling and proper water chemistry are paramount in extending the life and reliability of the unit. Loss of control of either of these processes can cause cracking of ...

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 ...

Eskom operates 23 power stations in South Africa with a total capacity of more than 42 GW. It supplies about 95% of all the electricity used in the country. One of its coal-fired power stations was ...

A critical care hospital discovers leaks in the underground gas piping system that serves it, a paper mill has reoccurring boiler tube failures, and a steel plant's reheat furnace has a serious ...

FAIRBANKS — A boiler tube failed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks power plant Thursday morning, filling the plant with steam, sending burning coal out of the boiler and causing a temporary ...

MUCH FOR THAT. NEW DETAILS ON SOME TROUBLES FACING LOYOLA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS SOME PEOPLE ON CAMPUS HAVEN’T HAD HOT WATER SINCE LATE FEBRUARY. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS A PRIMARY BOILER RUPTURED AND WAS ...

The AA Superheater Co. has invented, tested, and patented an annular superheater designed specifically for package firetube boilers. The superheater is designed to increase the steam temperature ...