Recently, the photos that accompany the columns haven’t been matching up as well as I like, and since “it’s all about me,” I wanted to make sure I took some job site photos to use for this column. It ...

A steam separator sometimes called a moisture separator or a steam drier, is a device used to separate the moisture from the steam in a watertube boiler steam drum. Without the steam separators, ‘wet’ ...

What lurks beneath the surface? What is underneath, where eyes cannot see? Is it something valuable? Is it something old? Is it some treasure or something frightening to behold? These are common ...

Reducing boiler downtime – particularly from tube failures – demands constant vigilance. Boiler tube failures, especially in coal-fired power plants, continue to be the major cause of boiler forced ...

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp. has shut its 245,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Texas City, Texas, due to steam boiler problems, the company said on Wednesday "We lost some ...

If you’re one of the rare regular readers, you know by now that I like steam heat. If asked why, I would say it’s the uniqueness of the jobs I look at. I don’t think that they are ever the same, and I ...