War Story: Burner System and Controls Upgrade: EPA-mandated retrofit causes reliability headaches

摘要

Has your organization retrofitted burners and controls on its boilers because of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency- (EPA-) mandated emission regulations and then experienced operational issues? The owner of a large manufacturing-and-assembly facility in the Midwest did, and while conducting an operational review there in mid-2014, I experienced firsthand the frustrations of the plant engineering staff.