The B&W Thermal segment of Babcock & Wilcox was awarded a contract for more than $6 million. B&W Thermal will convert a Middle East chemical plant’s six boilers from oil to a lower-emission fuel. The scope of the project includes the design, manufacture and supply dual-fuel burners as well as commissioning and other technical services.

Boilers are an integral part of the processing industry’s success, providing steam for a variety of manufacturing applications. When a facility boiler goes down for planned maintenance or an upset occurs, the lost production time can be costly. 

Many refinery complexes in Texas are aging: At sites across the region, it is not uncommon to find boilers that are more than 50 years old. As a result, these facilities can be hit with costly unplanned outages as well as being subject to higher fuel costs due to inefficiency. 

Line of preengineered, skid-mounted boilers provide the system as prepiped and ready for startup. The company offers boiler skids for its full line of hot water boilers. 

An EDR+ 3000 from Fulton Heating Solutions, Pulaski, N.Y., surpassed 155,000 ignition cycles in laboratory testing – running through more than 20 years of ignition events. The company believes that this durability testing sets a new benchmark for boiler reliability and durability validation.

A contract valued at more than $50 million was awarded to Babcock & Wilcox Co., a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc., to design and supply boiler equipment for an existing North American power plant.