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 ...

If coal leaving a pulverizer isn’t dry, it may plug up the coal pipes leading to the boiler. The coal-drying process in a pulverizer is similar to that used by flash dryers. Certain coals should be ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...