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A personal assessment by Kenneth Fergusson, Honorary Vice President of the Combustion Engineering Association. In London, 23rd January 2017 dawned windless, foggy and frosty. 100 flights were cancelled at Heathrow. The BBC reported that the conditions were widespread across the country.  Looking at the weather map, I remembered an article written back in November 2003, when…

The purpose of boiler control is to achieve safe operation, reliability and optimised performance with respect to load change response, fuel cost and emissions. In most control applications, repeatability or measurement is more important than absolute accuracy. Accuracy can be adjusted for software, but erratic readings cannot. Drum level is critical for safety and reliability….

Providing solutions to complex Burner Management System (BMS)applications requires a combination of process knowledge, regulatory awareness, robust components, and an intuitive interface all applied with industry experience to ensure that life, equipment, and revenue are well-protected. A BMS is truly the last line of defense in preventing the catastrophic failure of a boiler, fired heater or…

Industrial power and utility operations are amongst the biggest users of fuel, and greatest generators of emissions. With escalating fuel costs and challenging environmental regulations, it is important that these facilities operate at their best. Efficiency must be maximised across the entire operation, waste and low-cost fuels need to be leveraged to the highest degree…

Steam is a critical part of many process manufacturing processes and the energy to produce it can be a significant source of operational costs. Jim Cahill recently caught up with process automation hall-of-fame member Greg McMillan and Emerson’s Scott Pettigrew at the Emerson Exchange conference in Austin. Read full article here Greg and Stan Weiner had recently interviewed Scott in a ControlGlobal.com article, Boilers…

Environmental sustainability has never been so important and this pressure is leading many plant engineers to explore ways they can reduce boiler house energy consumption. A common idea is to reduce boiler pressure to save energy, but does it work? Chris Coleman, Marketing Product Manager at Spirax Sarco, explains how steam system pressure and fuel…

What Are the Implications of De-rating Boiler Pressure Below that of Boiler Design Pressure Is it appropriate on your plant to reduce the boiler operating pressure with a view to saving money on fuel costs, when you consider both the effects on the plant and equipment and the associated risks of making the necessary changes?…

Nowadays, knowledge is the most important non-material asset of an enterprise. The quality and speed of which knowledge is transmitted contribute considerably to determining success and failure. With this in mind, Flowserve has created the GESTRA Academy to actively support companies by providing personalized consulting, training programs, comprehensive technical literature and project management. They have…