According to the Trump administration, the EPA’s repeal of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan will bring back the fossil fuel industry and relax emissions standards for reducing greenhouse gases.

While annual inspections are mandatory to receive a certificate of operation, commercial boilers and auxiliary boiler equipment should to be properly maintained to ensure safe operation and long service life despite the legal mandate.

Every year winter results in increased demands for steam. While the weather comes as no surprise, what is surprising is the number of facilities and steam plant managers who fail to adequately prepare their boiler systems and simply cross their fingers, hoping that this won't be the year they have problems.

With the future of EPA compliance assurance and enforcement in a state of flux based on recently proposed budget cuts and agency downsizing, the demand for low and ultra low NOx emissions will likely remain a requirement in many cases for boiler operators.

Without proper rust inhibitors and maintenance, stand-by propane vaporizers are at risk for failure due to heat transfer fluid corrosion. Learn what you need to know to keep your system at peak preparedness.

A Federal Energy Management Program document (published by the U.S. Department of Energy) shares that facilities lacking proactive maintenance programs have failed steam traps which leak approximately 20% of the steam leaving the boiler, resulting in significant energy losses and operational costs.

With the economic turnaround in recent years, the high demand and low inventory of quality used industrial boilers ready for service has made them a challenge to source for brokers and used equipment dealers.

Even the best boiler equipment can't protect a facility from the potential danger posed by human error, lack of training or poor maintenance. "We've always done it this way" is often recipe for disaster. This is the final installment in our 10 part weekly series.

Aged equipment poses a challenge when it comes to true codes compliance. While it may meet the letter of law and pass on paper, reality is often a completely different story. Is your equipment putting your facility at risk? This is the ninth installment in our 10 part weekly series.

While maintaining documentation of operational or emergency procedures, maintenance, equipment and compliance is common sense, many facilities have poor recordkeeping habits. How does yours compare? This is the eighth installment in our 10 part weekly series.