Boiler Operations Articles
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The microwaves steam the beech logs – they are ready for peeling in just 8 minutes. Fully autonomous, no human intervention - Case study
The unique microwave equipment has made steaming a simple, fast and continuous process. What we’ve been dealing with The customer, a major wood processor, like many others, had been using the batch steaming method. However, he was not satisfied with the complex logistics, the long processing time and the inefficient use of staff. He therefore thought about how the whole process could be ...
By ROMILL s r.o
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Beef Processing Plant Case Study | Stack Economizer
Project Overview A beef processing plant has recently partnered with Kemco Systems to recover heat exhaust from its facility’s water-sanitization boilers. Priding itself on a sustainable mindset and strict operational standards, the beef processing company reached out to Kemco through a channel partner. This company was seeking updated equipment to continue production of the highest-quality ...
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Will your home benefit from ASHP?
We have all seen the shocking headlines about the rising cost in energy prices, and with the energy price cap se to rise again this autumn, it is no surprise that more and more people are looking for ways in which they can heat their homes more efficiently. One solution which many people are turning to is the installation of air source heat pumps. They provide huge amounts of efficiency and can ...
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Aerovit Installation - Orlén Refinery, Lithuania - Case Study
Situation BEFORE Aerovit Installation Orlen Lietuva Refinery has two boilers which are losing a considerable amount of heat due to catalyst dust build-up in the tubes. After two month of operation the boilers tubes are fully covered by catalysts dust, but Orlen ´s technicians cannot stop them for manual cleaning because it would imply the whole refinery to shut down. The diagram shows ...
By Aerovit A/S
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Project - Flint, Michigan Auto Plant- Automotive Processing
Capacity: 100 kpph An Automotive Power Plant owns and operates three boilers in the powerhouse at their 902 E. Leith Street facility in Flint, Michigan. All three boilers combust exclusively pipeline quality natural gas to generate steam that is used at the site for process and space heating purposes. All three boilers have a rated capacity of 100,000 lbs per hour steam output. The exhaust gas ...
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Rotary Boiler Technology: Paving a new way for the combustion of solid wastes
We’re the UK’s sole distributor of Sugimat’s Waste-to-Energy (WtE) boilers, and the latest technology – the Horizon+ rotary boiler – is capable of handling any type of biomass and most fuels, particularly problematic solid waste fuels such as RDF and SRF. Our MD, Simon Webb, recently spoke to The Energy Industry Times about the global Waste-to-Energy (WtE) ...
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The secret to effectively managing the production of energy from ‘dirty fuels’
Innovation is the driving force behind the world’s waste and recycling industry, and perhaps now more than ever is it important that businesses are helping to propel positive progression within the sector. Alternative fuels have long been a vital piece of this puzzle, but how can operators effectively manage the energy production from so-called ‘dirty fuels’? Our MD, Simon ...
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Case Study: Retrofit Boiler Economiser for Textiles Manufacturer
This steam boiler project for a UK based textiles manufacturer involved the design, manufacture and retrofit of a bespoke boiler economiser in a horizontal orientation fitted directly onto the boiler flue exhaust flange with inlet / outlet gas side transitions to suit. The 8,000 kg/hr steam boiler runs at 8 bar g and is fuelled on natural gas. The Result The boiler economiser cools the ...
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Steam Boiler Chemicals
Steam boilers are vessels to which heat is applied so that water is continuously converted in to steam. ‘Feed water’ is the water added to a boiler to replace that lost due to evaporation and blow down. Often steam is condensed and returned to the boiler as part of the feed water. The primary objectives in boiler design, operation and effective treatment include: efficiency in heat ...
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Fuelling Energy Savings Case Studies
Magnatech units are being used in a wide variety of commercial premises, saving small and large businesses millions year-on-year, as well as delivering substantial CO2 savings. Atmel A trial by microprocessor manufacturer Atmel, which used sensitive recording equipment to measure boiler performance, showed that once fitted to its 5MW boiler, Magnatech’s units delivered savings in just a ...
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The “Tipping” Point of High Turndown Ratios: How much of a good thing is too much?
Boilers used for domestic water and space heating are one of the highest energy consumers in residential and commercial facilities. After the global energy crisis in the 1970s, higher fuel prices prompted the search for solutions to reduce energy consumption. Back then, conventional steam boilers were the only option available. However, these boilers were very inefficient (due in part to the ...
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Artic Solar Thermal Solutions – The Future of Industrial Solar
Are you stuck in a competitive rut and thinking about expanding your product line to increase your offerings and profitability? Artic Solar offers profitable solar thermal solutions for the commercial and industrial markets using boilers to make steam or hot water. Through our research we have become aware that the majority of boilers installed and operating in the US are outdated and have ...
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Newbuild Power Station in Karlsruhe - Case Study
EnBW is one of the biggest German energy suppliers. A major new build bituminous coal fired power plant construction project is the new boiler number 8 of the Rheinhafen Dampfkraftwerk (RDK) in Karlsruhe. The new boiler will have a capacity of 912 MWel with a heating capacity of 220 MWth. The unit will be erected beside the existing units RDK4s and RDK7 and have a net efficiency of > 46% ...
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E.ON Benelux power station Maasvlakte, Rotterdam - Case Study
Next Generation Power Production E.ON’s new Maasvlakte power station also known as MPP3 is built in the harbour of the Dutch metropolis Rotterdam. The modern supercritical hard coal fired unit with a capacity of 1100 MW is expected to have a thermal efficiency of more than 46 percent. The new plant built in the vicinity of the existing Maasvlakte station is designed as cogeneration plant ...
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Chemically Inclined: The Case for Clean Boilers
Boiler cleaning is something most companies don’t want to think about — if boilers are working within operational limits it’s often easier to keep up with smaller preventative maintenance (PM) tasks but put off a total chemical clean until performance starts to suffer. The problem? Once scale forms on boiler surfaces both fuel and efficiency losses quickly ramp up. Here’s ...
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Case study - Mission Linen Supply, Santa Barbara, California, USA
“A number of years ago Sid Abma of Sidel Systems USA Inc. approached us with his Sidel SRU flue gas heat recovery unit. I think that we, like most companies, considered it; but we took no action for some time. Finally a situation developed that made it beneficial for us to try this unit. We purchased a unit and had it installed in July of 2006. A second unit is in the process of being ...
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The Other Side of Zirconium Oxide case study
Regular Fuel Efficiency Applications Separate Oxygen and Combustibles Sensors In standard flue gas applications for Thermox analyzers, the user generally tries to extract the maximum energy from the fuel and transfers as much of that energy as possible to the process. These applications require the process to be operated as efficiently as possible by keeping both oxygen (excess air) and ...
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Attention to the use of steam boilers in the industry
In the industry, if people need to use high-temperature steam , then the steam boiler will be used; water can be heated to a quite high temperature, and generates high-temperature steam . Steam boilers and other hot water boiler are not the same , if people want to use the steam boiler, the boiler must be certified , or else once operated wrongly , then the consequences are very terrible. Steam ...
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Utilisation of waste coal dust of steel industry for power generation
The present paper describes the generation of waste coal-dust from steel industry and its utilisation for generation of power in power plant. The main objective of the work is to utilise the heat energy of coal dust into useful work and propose a combination of coal and coal dust supplying system to the boiler. The work started with the collection and analysis of the coal dust. The physical ...
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Wood briquettes packed full of energy
Konolt manages its energy output using RUF briquetting machinery Timber processors Konold are improving their energy balance with the help of their RUF briquetting machine. Wood waste is being pressed into briquettes to create a uniform combustible material. The heat they produce is then used for process heating and to heat their premises, with the residual heat being used to generate ...
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