Adequate combustion air supply is a critical aspect of safe operation for any fuel-fired equipment. To provide this essential component, openings constructed of metal ducts or fixed grilles are ...

[Editor's note: This is part four of a five-part series.] Before you test any equipment at an existing installation, before you even perform a clean and check or other maintenance, you need to check ...

Combustion Air Ducts, Part II: Problems and Solutions The most common problem that occurs with combustion air ducts is that they get blocked. When a combustion air duct is blocked, air needs to leak ...

In the intricate balance of an internal combustion engine, the air filter plays a role that is often underestimated. While ...

If you trace this duct down, you'll find that it connects to an opening at the exterior of the building. This is essentially just a hole in the side of the building that brings in fresh outdoor air.

For more than a decade Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc. and Air Liquide have been developing oxyfuel technology with the goal of using it to concentrate CO 2 from pulverized coal-fired ...

Under the necessary conditions of ignition and proper burn rates (cylinder pressure history), both these conditions can exist in virtually any engine. But, in particular, they certainly apply to race ...

A decision to replace more than 300 aging damper actuators forced Entergy to make a choice between pneumatic and electric actuator designs. At Entergy’s Independence Plant in Newark, Ark., two ...