Burning coal, natural gas, diesel, or fuel oil for everyday thermal needs (hot water, space heating, industrial steam, and power processes) accounts for more than 20% of all global greenhouse gases ...

We’ll travel out of town for this column, sixty miles north to the city of Dayton, Ohio, which was an industrial hub back in the day. Machine tools made in my hometown, Cincinnati, were shipped to ...

In this installment of Weekly Boiler Tips we break down how a current simulator (current calibrator) helps boiler technicians troubleshoot systems. Boiler instrumentation and controls go ...

On my first project as a combustion control engineer, I was responsible for loop checks and for watching the experts tune the system controls. The first loop I tried to tune solo was the drum level ...

Boilers have enormous thermal mass and are relatively slow to react. Turbines are nimble and quickly answer an operator’s command. Coordinating an entire plant requires an intimate knowledge of both ...