United Companies, an Oldcastle division that operates six hot-mix asphalt plants in Colorado, is forging new territory in plant efficiency by turning to an old, reliable fuel source — coal. Jim Bryan, ...

A Russian thermal engineering institute has successfully tested the world’s first pulverized coal burner with a variable flame vector. The new type of vortex burner can adjust the flame direction ...

Online coal and primary air flow measuring devices can be helpful to more precisely balance pipe-to-pipe coal and air flows. Some utility customers have adopted on-line primary air flow measurement on ...

In an era of increasing renewable energy integration, maintaining grid stability has become a critical challenge. Traditional coal-fired power plants, which form a significant part of the energy ...