A Nuclear power plant encountered a problem when trying to move a Stud Rack (22,000 lb. payload) away from the cavity wall. During the lift the crane had to move the payload laterally to avoid overhead ducting. In the middle of the complicated lift, the crane was moved the wrong way with almost catastrophic repercussions. In the resulting […]
PSCE Custom Gas Train for South Africa Application
An international chemical facility customer in South Africa came to Preferred with an application to blend and burn Natural gas and Bio-Gas in their two 5 burner boilers both over 22 tons/hour PPH. Preferred’s Special Combustion Division (PSCE) engineers who specialize in applications as rare and large as this one were able to design a blending skid to […]
Firetube Boiler Room Design Webinar: Tips and Best Practices
Join our webinar with guests from Analytical and Combustion Systems on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 2:00 PM ET. Robert Bohn, Mechanical Engineer, and Grant Bowman, Vice President, will discuss the equipment necessary for designing a proper firetube boiler room. While some boiler rooms require similar equipment, Rob and Grant will walk through some things to watch for […]
Preferred Marks Centennial with Celebration, Visit from Danbury’s Mayor
Preferred marked its 100th year of business with a Covid-19 conscious celebration at the end of very busy month, on July 31, 2020. The outdoor celebration was split into two events underneath a tent outside on the property. At 9:30 AM the Mayor of Danbury, Mark Boughton, joined us underneath the tent for “Coffee with the Mayor.” The […]
Preferred Celebrates 100 Years in Business
Read the Press Release online here! Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation, a Connecticut-based maker of engineered fuel oil equipment and systems including boilers, burners, and controls, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month. In 1920, brothers Gerald and Richard Bohn, who were oil heating engineers by trade, anticipated the need for equipment and accessories designed for the burgeoning oil […]
Stack Design and Draft Control Webinar
Join our webinar and live Q&A session with on Thursday, July 30th at 2 PM ET for a discussion on successfully applying Stack Design & Draft Control in your boiler room. Although draft control has always been an important part of the boiler room, its function has changed with burner technology. Today’s energy efficient and low NOx burners are sensitive to draft […]
Join our Webinar: Boiler Controls 101, System Fundamentals
When: June 25th, 2020, @ 2:00 PM Presenters: David Eoff, National Sales Manager with over 20 years of boiler design experience. Although today’s boiler rooms have much of the same equipment as 10 or 20 years ago, the integration of advanced computer systems has changed the way we operate them. While much more efficient than old systems, today’s boiler room requires […]
Keeping ‘Essential Services’ Running
This complete burner and controls retrofit from Preferred was installed an existing watertube boiler at an “essential services” corporation in the Midwest. In partnership with Simoneau Sterling, Preferred Special Combustion Engineering, a division of Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation, provided critical combustion engineering services, and products to meet the clients Emission Reduction, Energy Efficiency, and Sustainability Goals. Excellent project […]
The Importance of Sensing Lines to Performance of Boiler Room Instrumentation
-By David Eoff Sensing lines are everywhere in the modern plant, whether it be a boiler plant, refinery, chemical plant, or water treatment plant. Often the instrumentation problems that stump operators, contractors, and sometimes full-time service technicians are related to how sensing lines are installed and maintained. We’re going to examine some of the most common instruments that […]
Preferred’s Webinars for Stay-at-Home
Due to the stay-at-home mandates, education and engagement has moved even more to online platforms. In an effort to provide valuable information and resources to clients, colleagues, and friends during a time where many people are getting their only interaction virtually, we launched a “Weekly Webinar” series, drawing from years of knowledge and experience across our company. Our […]