Thermal & Power Engineering responds to customers’ toughest challenges with field support for boilers and auxiliary equipment, wood products drying systems, thermal oil systems, emissions control systems, heat recovery steam generators and other power plant equipment.
Based in the Southeast United States, Chris provides advisory, technical and engineering support—from specialized equipment challenges to longer-term on-site assistance alongside your operations, maintenance and engineering staff.
Find the root cause through operating-data review, equipment inspections and diagnostic testing. Support includes nondestructive testing, critical pressure-part assessment, mechanical and structural evaluation, tube failure analysis and code compliance.
Organized planning, engineering-system integration and structured turnover of plant operations. Support includes engineering studies, upgrades, capacity increases, fuel switching, natural gas conversions and replacement-part planning.
Improve efficiency through optimization of air and gas flow, burners and grates, pressure parts, heat transfer surfaces, air heaters, controls, valves and fans. Fuel analysis and loss-on-ignition (LOI) testing support ash evaluation and ESP protection.
Analysis of air quality control systems for utility and industrial applications, with recommendations for performance improvements, upgrades and replacement parts regardless of equipment manufacturer.
Plan and manage outages with safety and on-time completion as priorities. Coordinate equipment evaluations, maintenance and labor needs, replacement parts and other support materials and services.
Help plant personnel operate and maintain process heating equipment safely and reliably. Equipment and job-specific training supports better performance, lower operating costs and reduced downtime.
SYSTEMS & ENGINEERING SUPPORT
Solid fuel boilers, combustion performance and biomass direct fired energy systems.
Thermal fluid systems, process gas heaters, direct fired heaters and heat recovery equipment.
Engineering design and consulting services for industrial heating and wood products drying systems.
TECHNICAL SPECIALTIES
From combustion and heat transfer to system design, troubleshooting and energy recovery.
Biomass combustion & gasification · High alkali fuels · Combustion grates (reciprocating, stationary, vibrating, travelling and rotary types) · Dryers (single pass rotary, triple pass rotary, flash tube and conveyor types) · Dry kilns · Heat & mass balances
Boiler, superheater & economizer design · Thermal oil heater design · Thermal oil system design & safety audits · Cogeneration systems · Energy recovery · Boiler system repair & troubleshooting · Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) · Energy assessments · Boiler MACT · Boiler tuning · Single loop control methods
ASME/NBIC: Section I & VIII Div 1 Code, repairs, welding and inspection · Environmental calculations & regulations · ASME B31.1 and B31.3 · FM 7-99 & 6-4 · DIN 4754 · NFPA 85, 86 & 87 (thermal fluid heaters)
LET’S TALK
Discuss your equipment, performance goals and engineering needs with Chris.