Boilers provide steam or hot water in a variety of industrial applications. Used boilers are available from a variety of manufacturers such as Weil-McClellan, Hurst, Parker, and more.
When purchasing used boiler equipment, ask a dealer if the equipment comes with maintenance history documentation. This will help determine if the equipment has had any significant issues that may affect its longevity.
Oil and Gas Industry
Industrial boilers are used in a wide range of applications, including heating homes and offices, generating electricity, and providing steam power for industrial processes. They are also vital to many industries, such as the oil and gas industry.
The industry is typically divided into three operational sectors: upstream, midstream and downstream. Upstream involves the exploration and extraction of crude oil from wells, while midstream focuses on transporting and storing extracted products. The downstream sector consists of processing the products and distributing them to end customers. The products that reach the end customer can include natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil and kerosene.
Companies in the oil and gas industry use various types of industrial boilers, such as fire tube boilers and water tube used boilers. These industrial boilers are designed to handle the high heat and pressure of the oil and gas industry. When choosing an industrial boiler, make sure you choose one that is durable and easy to maintain.
Hospitals
Hospitals use a lot of energy to keep their patients warm and take care of them in a hygienic way. That is why they have a large need for reliable boilers. They also have to meet strict energy and gas pricing regulations. That is why facilities engineers need to install tools to control the usage and functions of their boilers.
Many hospitals are required to have N+1 boiler redundancy, which means that if one of the main steam boilers fails then there is another boiler ready to take over. They also need to have dual-fuel capabilities in case the primary fuel runs out or is curtailed by their gas provider.
One of the most important uses of a hospital's boiler system is to pump a portion of the steam into an autoclave sterilizer. That helps to kill germs and bacteria on lab equipment or surgical tools before they are used on a patient. The proper tuning of the PID controller on the boiler burner allows temperature peaks to be smoothed out, making this important process much more efficient.
Farming
The boiler is a critical piece of equipment in any processing industry. Keeping one in good condition is essential to ensure proper operation and efficient production. The performance of the boilers depends on a number of factors including fuel and water availability, pressure, capacity and other operational parameters.
The basic function of a boiler is to provide steam energy to industrial equipment and systems. This is done by heating the water in a pressurized vessel until it turns into steam. This steam can be used in a variety of ways to heat and power different types of industries. For example, in breweries, boilers are used to create enough hot water for brewing beer.
Oil and Gas Refining
The oil and gas refining industry takes crude oil, which is virtually useless in its natural state, and transforms it into petroleum products for heating homes, fueling cars, and making petrochemical plastics. These processes involve many complex steps, and the refining process is highly price sensitive. That’s why it’s so important for refineries to use boiler systems that can adapt quickly to changing conditions.
Industrial boilers are essential to oil and gas refining because they generate steam, power, and heat. They come in many different sizes and designs, but the most common type is a fire tube boiler, which has water-filled tubes that are heated by hot gases from the furnace. Other types of industrial boilers include reboilers, which are heat exchangers that boil liquid from the bottom of industrial distillation columns to create vapors that drive the distillation separation. They also provide heat for a variety of other industrial processes, including thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, coking, and refinery gas processing.
