BOILERS – PALM OIL ENGINEERING BULLETIN

Malaysia’s Entry to Ultra Supercritical Boiler Technology Club

mpob_admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:13:29 +0000

This write-up will be of interest to our steam engineers working in all palm oil mills in Malaysia as well as in Indonesia. Perhaps this will inspire the mill owners to consider improving their current dated technology they are holding tight to high-tech boiler technology for their mill boilers. This technology is not new as it is a common knowledge for mechanical engineers that at high superheat temperatures the specific steam consumption will be low resulting in high boiler efficiency. At high boiler pressures and the corresponding steam temperatures, the boiler tubes will have to be made of costly alloy steel as the normal steel has its limitations to withstand the high gas temperatures prevailing in the boiler furnace. This is equally true for high altitude jet propelled fighter aircraft gas turbines whose ability to withstand the gas temperature of the hot gases determines its performance during combat operations.

Steam accumulation gives combined heat and power generation an added push to halt climate change

mpob_admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:14:26 +0000

“There is now a widespread acceptance that controlling the emission of greenhouse gasses is going to be one of the major challenges facing mankind in this millennium. Unchecked energy use could lead to even more severe storms, crop failures and rising sea levels,” says the National Energy Foundation, the UK charity for energy efficiency.

Boiler operations – Boiler explosions and accidents

mpob_admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:15:41 +0000

We would like to carry on the series on boiler operations by commenting on boiler explosions and accidents.