11 January 2006 – Foster Wheeler’s Finnish and Polish subsidiaries have received Full Notice To Proceed (NTP) from Poland’s Poludniowy Koncern Energetyczny (PKE) for the design, supply and erection of ...

Ohio-based power equipment manufacturer Babcock & Wilcox Thermal will supply new superheater components for a 10-year-old Texas coal-fired generation plant. The superheater parts will go into the ...

Economic power plant operation includes keeping maintenance costs under control, and operating the plant efficiently. Boiler surfaces need to be kept as clean as possible to increase heat transfer and ...

A supercritical fluid refers to a state in which the temperature and pressure of a substance exceed its critical point, where no distinction exists between liquid and gas phases. Traditionally, it has ...

Circulating fluidized bed (CFB) technology is taking a growing share of the international coal-fired power generation market, particularly in the Pacific Rim and China. Indigenous designs are also ...

Much of the world’s electricity comes from turbines powered by steam created by the heat from nuclear reactors, solar collectors, and burning fossil fuels. Most of those turbines and power plants use ...

Researchers have built on past studies and introduced new methods to explore the nature and role of subsurface fluids, including water, in the instances and behaviors of earthquakes and volcanoes.