We complete our two-part series on pulverizer O&M practices with a step-by-step review of important areas where close attention to dimensions and design features will increase coal processing capacity ...

Coal-fired power plants can have up to 25 coal pulverizer drives, depending on their size. Any failure in the pulverizers, therefore, can cause big problems. When a large coal-fired plant in the ...

Pulverizers prepare raw fuel for burning by grinding it to a desired fineness and mixing it with the just the right amount of air before sending the mixture to boiler burners for combustion. Part I of ...

As more and more power plants switch to low sulfur and higher moisture coals, grinding capacities are often reduced, forcing plant owners to implement various equipment upgrade projects or accept a ...

Scott Sullivan carries out maintenance on one of eight pulverizers in the Boardman coal plant in 2009. The pulverizers transform coal into dust in preparation for burning. (Brent Wojahn/The Oregonian) ...

Gaunt and grimy stokers, silhouetted in furnace glare, are no longer an integral part of a ship’s bowels. Even coal burners can do without them. Last week members of the Fuel Conservation Committee of ...