Last week I was thinking about why the burners in boilers sometimes don’t work as well after they leave the shop. Over the summer, these boilers are cleaned and tested. When they leave the shop, the burners work just fine. Then the boilers go up to places like Fort Nelson…Hinton…Fox Creek. Operating in the winter … Read more
When you or someone on your site sprays a coating containing zinc near your heater, you need to take precautions for yourself and your equipment. Overspray that gets into the heater’s air outlet will cause serious and expensive damage. The problem starts when you shut off the heater and detach the ductwork from its air … Read more
Recently I received some calls from customers with a complaint I had never heard before. Their oilfield boilers had come back from our shop after annual maintenance. “Where,” they asked, “is the inspection certificate?” In Alberta, all boilers are required to hold a Certificate of Inspection Permit. Every province has something similar. These customers asked … Read more
Three phase motors are used in many industrial applications. They are simple in design and have a high starting torque. Compared to single phase motors of similar power rating, they are also compact and long lasting. However, Connecting a three phase motor to its power supply is not trivial. In the field, heaters and boilers … Read more
What if you start up your heater and you see this happening: The fuel pump is sucking fuel from the line, instead of pumping it from the tank. You smell smoke or see smoke going into the burner housing (the sign that the burner is drawing combustion air out of the stack and into the … Read more
If you want to heat two or more environments simultaneously, there’s a very good chance you’ll benefit from an optimized heating solution. Here is an example that involved two large storage tanks sitting side by side. This configuration requires the use of cube heaters. They have the necessary electronic mechanisms that can automatically keep the … Read more