Most boiler problems don’t occur suddenly. They develop slowly over a long period of time — so slowly, in fact, that you grow accustomed to the change without realizing it has taken place. Corrosion ...

Creeped out and fatigued—that’s the state of many coal-fired boilers these days. Understanding failure mechanisms and suitable testing methods for identifying potential trouble can help you find ...

Boilers represent a significant capital investment for any company, making routine inspections all the more necessary for proper operation and to help reduce the chance of accidents. Preventative ...

Nineteenth-century Prussian General Helmuth Graf von Moltke concisely laid out one of the basic principles of warfare when he stated that “no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.” That ...

CALENDARS: Remember to mark your calendar for the 2026 BOILER Expo taking place March 31 – April 2 at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, TN. October 22, 2025 Boilers are integral components, providing ...

We discuss the effective warm-up strategy for your boiler, emphasizing the shift from low fire to high fire. Learn how to manually set your boiler's firing rate, ensure a controlled warm-up, and ...

Distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers have long been used to regulate power plant operations, but advanced techniques that have been proven in refining and other industries ...

The procedure to be followed in the operation and maintenance of a boiler plant depends to a large extent on its size, type of combustion equipment, operating pressures, steam requirements, and other ...

Combustion control regulates the fuel to meet the demands for steam or hot water and maintains the ratio of air to fuel required for the best economy. The operator performs the remaining functions, ...