Plant operators have used combustion flue gas analysis for decades as a method of optimizing boiler combustion fuel/air ratios. By measuring the amount of excess oxygen and/or carbon monoxide (CO) in ...

While peak efficiency and ensuring system components are installed and working properly, safety is the primary reason to conduct combustion analysis. The phrase is a term for assessing a gas appliance ...

You might remember the days when a boiler tune-up mostly meant adjusting the flame. The flame was supposed to be solid blue with the tips slightly rounded. If the flame was soft, wavy and contained ...

Tests of a boiler combustion tuning system employing artificial intelligence (AI) at a Taiwanese coal-fired power unit verify improvements to fuel economy that could ultimately reduce costs by up to ...

Combustion in boilers and furnaces remains a pivotal area of research, central to optimising energy efficiency and minimising pollutant emissions in industrial and power generation applications.

Industrial plants need steam for heating and other processes. Boilers are commonly used to provide this steam, and you may be called on to operate the boilers in your plant. The first step toward the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to propose tough new standards that require all new coal-fired electricity plants to cut carbon, NOx and other emissions by significant amounts.

[Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series taking a look at combustion analysis.] In general when performing a combustion analysis, the service tech needs to look at three things: safety, ...

When it came to choosing the three “big” boiler air fans—forced draft, induced draft and primary air—the decision revolved around efficiency. Proper air and gas flow are necessary for optimum ...