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 ...

Boiler tubes in thermal power plants serve as the critical boundary between high-pressure steam and combustion gases. Their failure can precipitate unscheduled shutdowns, safety hazards and ...

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 ...

Proper water chemistry has always been important for dependable steam plant operation, but it may be even more critical today due to changes in operating routines and increased plant cycling. Failure ...

Traditional layup methods like desiccants and nitrogen blanketing have limitations; VCIs actively form protective layers on metal surfaces for better corrosion prevention Proper corrosion control ...

A steam separator sometimes called a moisture separator or a steam drier, is a device used to separate the moisture from the steam in a watertube boiler steam drum. Without the steam separators, ‘wet’ ...

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 ...

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 ...