The electric utility industry has experienced a major transformation in the last twenty years. Simple- and combined-cycle units now dominate new power plant construction. The latter, with their heat ...

I just had Vigilante come to do the annual boiler maintenance. After draining and refilling the boiler, he said the water is a little dirty, like tea. He recommended adding a chemical to the water to ...

Proposals for new power plants include sections that cover water treatment and steam-generation chemical treatments. Despite the extensive research and reporting that have been conducted by such ...

Organic compounds pioneered boiler water chemical treatment when lignosulfonates derived from oak bark were used to minimize calcium carbonate scaling. Today’s organic boiler treatment methods include ...

Cortec Corporation has announced a solution for treating oxygen pitting in industrial boilers that could provide a safer alternative to hydrazine, a toxic compound commonly used in water treatment ...

DURING recent years, with the latest designs of power-station boilers raising steam at high pressure and temperatures, and with the difficulties obtaining regular supplies of fuels of the desired ...

Boiler operation consists of many tasks to keep a boiler operating safely and efficiently. These tasks include tracking many data points, such as boiler pressure and temperature, boiler exhaust ...