Boiler Safety Articles

Boiler Tube Failure Mechanisms: Causes, Prevention, and Solutions Boiler tube failures are among the most common and costly issues encountered in industrial boilers. Understanding their mechanisms is critical to maintaining boiler efficiency, ensuring safety, and avoiding unplanned downtime. This article explores the primary causes, types, and preventative measures related to …

Manual handling refers to any activity that requires us to use force to lift, push, pull, carry, or move in any other way a moving or non-moving object. Each year a large percentage of Lost Time Injuries (that is injuries that resulted in one or more full shifts to be …

Boiler Grit Arrestor Working Principle: Ensuring Efficient Boiler Operation In the world of industrial and commercial boilers, ensuring their optimal performance is crucial for a wide range of applications. One key component that plays a significant role in this process is the boiler grit arrestor. This article will delve into …

A burner management system (BMS) is a control system that is used to monitor and regulate the operation of burners in industrial processes such as Boilers, power plants, chemical plants, and oil refineries. The BMS is responsible for ensuring that the burners are operating safely and efficiently, and it can …

Almost all fires are small in their incipient stage and can be put out quickly in the hands of a trained person, portable fire extinguishers are great tools to protect people and property from fire during the early stages if the proper firefighting equipment is available. When using an extinguisher …

Large Boilers in power plants are fitted with soot blowers, which are tools to keep the outside surface of the tubes clean and free from material or ash that would have a detrimental effect on the heat transfer surface. The blowing fluid is generally steam and the frequency of operation …

Boiler preservation is required when boiler is out of service or in shutdown condition for a long period to protect boilers internal surface from corrosion and atmospheric oxygen. There are two types of boiler preservation methods each of them is used in specific conditions. Wet preservation of boiler Dry preservation …

Pressure vessels and Boiler Inspection are done to determine the amount of maintenance required to have equipment operate properly until the next turnaround. A comprehensive equipment history must be maintained that includes conditions found during inspection and testing, maintenance work done, changes made, and date of each. ASME Code Standards …

Many hazards are associated with welding and cutting safety, but as in any other operations they can be controlled by appropriate preventive measures. Unless these measures are taken, the hazardous situations can easily give rise to personnel injury and/or material damage. Welding and cutting hazard examples are:- Electric shock Fumes …

Boiler engineers can increase boiler efficiency up to 10% without even spending any penny or up to 15% with spending some money. Take these steps on your steam boiler and you can save a lot of energy, fuel, and money.  25 ways to increase boiler efficiency Control excess air in …

Pressure Safety valve or PSV Valve is the most important valve on a boiler used to relief excess pressure to atmosphere let’s see how psv valve is important, Let’s discuss about Pressure safety valve theory installation rules and PSV valve mechanism, Sv setting, testing and the types. Purpose and safety …

What is a scaffold? Scaffolds are widely used on site to get access to heights and areas that would be otherwise hard to get to. Scaffolds should provide use with safe platform to work from.  Unsafe scaffolding has the potential to result in death or serious injury to those working …