Discuss practical improvements for performance and reliability.

The metallurgies used in these tubes are highly susceptible to overheating failures and thus highly sensitive to temperature excursions. Frequently changing load, increased number of start-ups, fast ramp-up coupled with...

Slagging and fouling can make the life of the PF boiler O&M personnel really difficult at times. This often leads to saturation of ID Fan capacity and creates a highly unsafe condition in the furnace. We invite all commu...

At many plants the CBD is operated in the fashion any common man takes a paracetamol pill whenever his body temperature exceeds 98.6 oF. If boiler water chemical parameter exceeds the limit, it tells us something is wron...

The loss of un-burnt carbon with Fly ash and Bottom ash of any solid fuelled boilers is undesirable as it leads to huge wastage of fuel and thus revenue loss. Un-burnt in the fly ash in particular should be critically co...

This is the most common reactionary operation practice whenever the stack temperature is found on the higher side by most. Sometimes the LRSBs get stuck, which leads to major erosion of the SH/ RH tubes. We invite all to...

A pinhole leakage is quite often seen from the weld joints of the Economizer. Faulty welding is usually considered to be the root cause. But is that the only root cause? Then why it is occurring in the Economizer outlet...

This type of failure is the most devastating amongst all. While the primary cause is failure of water treatment, overheating also contributes significantly to the cause. Careful monitoring of the parameters and timely co...

With increased number of start-up required by the present day’s power boilers, Thermal fatigue cracks in the attachment welding can be a common problem. Systematic inspection and maintenance practices can reduce these pr...

Erosion failure in economizer tubes is quite common with boilers using Indian coal. However, with some, the frequency of such failures can be significantly high. We invite all to share their practices and strategies to m...

There are more numbers of oil fired packaged boilers operating in our country than any other types. Improper fuel oil treatment leading to excessive soot formation is experienced in a number of such boilers. This not onl...