Boiler Assessment

How efficient is your boiler? It is essential to know your boiler’s efficiency because it is an important part that directly affects the production process. After operating any boilers for a certain amount of time, many plants such as power plants, industrial food and beverage factories, and rubber plants overlook the importance of assessing the boiler performance. Most plants as mentioned would operate their boilers until the breakdown or boiler efficiency decrease which can lead to boiler production less than their regular capacity and increase in fuel cost. Some of the cause for boilers efficiency decrease are as follows:

1. Heat exchange area decreases due to accumulation of ash

2. Combustion not at an optimum point or inefficiency due to change of fuel from the design point

3. Loss in steam transport line due to leak

4. Leak air in gas piping