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AES’s pitch to clients is straightforward: run boilers as value-adding profit centres, not cost centres. That means revisiting how steam is generated and used, identifying structural improvements and aligning operational metrics with cost, efficiency, safety and sustainability targets
Firm unpacks use of alternative fuels in boiler sector
Updated 1 hour 41 minutes ago By: Keabetswe Shilakwe

South Africa’s industrial steam users are under pressure, with gas curtailment, volatile diesel prices and tightening emissions standards forcing a rethink on how plants generate heat, says energy... 


LIONEL MAASDORP
Without a good water treatment partner, clients can damage their boilers and tubes and cause a lot of damage in the long run
Resort’s boiler upgrades reduce scaling, costs
Updated 1 hour 41 minutes ago

Having identified corrosive feedwater as the root of scaling and corrosion in its coal-fired boilers, waterpark and family resort Warmbaths, a Forever Resort, contacted industrial boiler... 


COAL STILL CRUCIAL
For businesses reliant on high-temperature process heat, coal is a function of cost and availability, and these structural realities do not shift as quickly as policy or ambition
Coal still crucial for industrial applications
Updated 1 hour 41 minutes ago

South Africa’s decarbonisation debate often starts from a simple premise: coal must be replaced. In principle, the direction is clear. In practice, it collides with a far more complex reality, says... 


COMBUSTION MONITORING The upgraded boilers are equipped with combustion monitoring instrumentation to ensure optimal combustion conditions
Boiler upgrades maximise efficiency at fishmeal plant
Updated 1 hour 41 minutes ago By: Keabetswe Shilakwe

Global fishing company Oceana Group has completed a boiler upgrade at its Laaiplek fishmeal plant, in the Western Cape, replacing end-of-life equipment with modern systems designed to increase... 


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