The global economy was good to the pulp industry in 2017, according to numbers released last month. Pulp manufacturers saw prices increase for wood fiber, moving to $89.08/odmt on the Global Softwood Fiber Price Index in the last quarter of 2017 – four percent higher than a year prior (and… Read More
SouthernField Maintenance and Fabrication Buys Environmental Elements from Delta Ducon LLC SouthernField is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProcessBarron. Arden, NC ‒ May 17, 2018 ‒ SouthernField is pleased to announce the asset purchase of the Environmental Elements (EEC) business line from Delta Ducon LLC. EEC specializes in Air Pollution Control… Read More
The Trump administration made waves earlier this year when it decided to invoke a 25% tariff on steel imports. The goal, according to the administration, is to protect American steel workers from unfair trade practices, but critics immediately blasted the decision, saying it would hurt consumers instead of help. On… Read More
Wear – the damage that occurs to equipment by two surfaces coming into contact with each other or something in the environment – can degrade your equipment and eventually result in a costly replacement. Unfortunately, no one has identified a way to completely eliminate the prospect of wear from a… Read More
Your stoker is one of the most important components of a combustion system. No matter what type of stoker your facility uses, it needs to be in optimal shape if you want to maintain efficiency and cut costs. Far too often, however, stoker maintenance takes a backseat to other concerns…. Read More
Tubular air heaters are essential to maintaining the efficiency of a power plant. Their ability to control the temperature of incoming air is key to proper boiler functioning, which directly contributes to efficiency. While minor decreases in efficiency due to tubular air heater degradation is to be expected as your… Read More
Air heaters (or air preheaters) serve an essential role in reducing the overall fuel required for the operation of a given power plant. Since fuel consumption feeds into overall efficiency, decreasing the amount of fuel to produce a certain level of production contributes to better bottom-line results for the power… Read More
Rolling out on jobs for predown is essential to keeping our work out of the critical path of outages, and a high level of organization and preparedness can make a huge difference in the efficiency of the process. We have large tool trailers stocked with miles of extension cord, welding… Read More
Air heaters are common pieces of equipment in power plants because they serve a crucial purpose. An air heater unit accounts for 10 to 15% of a unit’s thermal efficiency. It reduces fuel cost, reduces parasitic loses, and helps achieve environmental compliance. When an air heating unit is operating at… Read More
Maintenance in all facilities – whether it’s a power plant, a steel plant, a paper mill, cement plant, etc. – is either preventative or reactive in nature. Many maintenance managers are reactive in that they run on a philosophy of run-to-failure, which means running a piece of equipment until the… Read More
