Maintaining a clean boiler is important to a plant's operating efficiency. Here's a review of some the techniques and strategies available to power producers.

Slag buildup on tubes will act as an insulation protecting the tube from the heat of the boiler, requiring more fuel to reach the same temperature and produce the same output as a clean boiler.

Major contamination event or multiple small events, particularly condenser tube leaks. Contamination events increase the amount of deposit in the boiler and its corrosiveness. Chemical cleaning ...

A boiler tube wall-climbing cleaning robot has been specifically created to replace humans in the harsh and hazardous environment inside electric power stations.

Boiler tubes containing deposits create long-term reliability problems for the boiler. This quiz tests knowledge of boiler chemical cleaning fundamentals.

This article was originally published with the title “Device for Cleaning Boiler Tubes” in SA Supplements Vol. 11 No. 272supp (March 1881), p. 4328 doi:10.1038 ...

B&W Thermal has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $13 million to retrofit boiler cleaning equipment for a power plant in Southeast Asia.