Each year boiler outages cost the U.S. utility industry an estimated $1 billion in downtime, says Tilley. Generally it takes 12 hours for a boiler to cool down before workers can enter a boiler. For a ...

Crews attempted to demolish the last building standing at the old Cheswick power plant in Springdale on Sunday morning. The entire boiler house was set to be brought down with cables. However, when ...

Boiler tube failure analysis is a critical aspect of ensuring the safe and efficient operation of thermal power plants. These failures, which may arise from a range of mechanisms including corrosion, ...

CPS Energy on Tuesday demolished the second of four boilers scheduled for dismantling at its 62-year old WB Tuttle power plant. Construction workers used Caterpillar machines to pull the support beams ...