My desk dictionary is a compact paperback model that lost the front cover many years ago. I use it a lot because I am a terrible speller. In grade school I was great at math, but lousy at spelling. It ...

The thermal utilization of sustainable fuels and the recovery of waste heat play a central role in today’s energy generation ...

To achieve peak efficiency and prevent corrosion, steam and hot water boilers in hydronic heating systems require regular maintenance. Neglecting this can lead to increased service calls and a ...

Tight environmental requirements create a need for humidification systems in many facilities in the health care sector and beyond. There are six common humidification systems used in the HVAC industry ...

Nearly 50 years ago, Norm Harty, president of N.B. Harty General Contractors Inc., was a driller and dynamite blaster for road and railway construction when Kenneth Bridegroom, a supervisor at a power ...

One of the big surprises facing plants that switch from a more or less standard bituminous coal to a western coal is the increase in slagging and fouling. Many plants have reported significantly more ...

One of the most common home heating systems for older houses in the Northeast and other cold-climate areas is a boiler. Boilers heat water, and then distribute hot steam or hot water to rooms through ...