Many years ago, someone — I honestly have forgotten who — told me: “Thermodynamics isn’t just a good idea, it’s the law.” Anytime you conjure up a new idea about how a heating or cooling system might ...

Plant operators have used combustion flue gas analysis for decades as a method of optimizing boiler combustion fuel/air ratios. By measuring the amount of excess oxygen and/or carbon monoxide (CO) in ...

The presence of unburned fuel in a power plant’s ash indicates an inefficient combustion process, as some of the energy in the fuel is being wasted. Unburned fuel also poses a risk to safety; if ...

Recovering heat and water from flue gas can reduce water usage and boost power plant performance. The National Energy Technology Laboratory has tested a promising technology that condenses water and ...

The company that makes several brands of gas-fired boilers has recalled 1,745 units from multiple brands because they lack a required flue inspection cover plate and may pose a risk of exposure to ...

What Is Flue Gas Analysis? The term "flue" refers to the long pipes that are used to discharge exhaust gases, and are commonly found as chimneys, ducts, or simple pipes. The gases ejected by flues ...

We just had a high efficiency gas boiler installed in our 3-story rowhouse. Our heating contractors ran two PVC pipes into our lined flue. One of them continues all the way up to the roof and out the ...

I live in a house which is one of a terrace of three three-storey houses. The house beside mine has a gas flue expelling clouds of steam all day. This cloud passes my kitchen, dining room and a ...

Many utilities are under pressure to add flue gas desulfurization to their coal-fired units in response to more stringent air emissions regulations. There are a number of multi-pollutant compliance ...