See the published article in Power Engineering here! By David Bohn Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp. Given today’s skilled workforce shortage, figuring out how to get the most productivity from the fewest workers has become one of a power sector’s top challenges. How can a plant stay on top of its output requirements when finding and retaining qualified workers is so […]
JC-30D Opacity Monitor: New and Improved!
With the NEW and improved Opacity Monitor model JC-30D with Automatic Calibration, LED light source, and light detector, no onsite operator is required to calibrate the system. When the system receives a signal from the burner fan, it auto calibrates opacity by itself, compensating for dirty lenses. Auto-Calibrate coupled with the new brighter LED light source allows the lenses to go without cleaning for up to […]
A New York City Public School central heating plant moves on their Local Law 87 goal
A New York City Public School central heating plant and their consulting engineer made the decision to install 3 new low emissions burners with state of the art combustion control systems to meet Local Law 87 initiatives. For sub 35 PPM NOx, burners maintain low O2 performance without FGR and ability to go to sub 9 PPM NOx with […]
Sustainable Solutions for Special Fuels
Made in the U.S.A., this project demonstrated a a sustainable, safe reclamation of waste hydrogen with high efficiency and carbon foot print reduction. An American based chemical manufacturer decided to make use of their waste hydrogen which significantly reduced their use of fossil fuel for their process steam requirements. But the customer needed the right company to deliver […]
With our help, Bates will reach 2020 emissions goals!
Our SECOND burner and controls retrofit for Bates College on one of their existing 700 HP Cleaver-Brooks™ boilers so they can burn ENSYN Renewable Fuel Oil (100% renewable fuel source derived from trees) as their primary heating source! With our help, Bates is on the verge of reaching their 2020 emissions and carbon reduction milestones while increasing combustion […]
Retrofit “Insert” for Sustainability Goals
An innovative, low-cost combustion solution to meet sustainability goals, emission reduction requirements, and extreme efficiency improvements. This installation is at an American college with aggressive sustainability goals. Our solution for them–a burner and controls upgrade on one of their existing 700 HP Cleaver Brooks boilers to achieve their emission and carbon reduction milestones, while increasing combustion efficiency and […]
Reliability, Longevity and Unmatched Service
For reliability, longevity and unmatched service, choose Preferred! This Preferred JC-CDDF2 chief dispatcher model has been in service since the 1970’s in a Newport, RI facility. When one of the relay sockets finally broke, they called Preferred. Although this unit has been out of production for nearly 20 years, we still had replacement parts in stock and original […]
Letter to the Editor: Today’s Boiler May 2018: Warning–A Boiler Breakdown may be in your Future story
-Today’s Boilers This is a Letter to the Editor written by David Eoff of Preferred Utilities to Today’s Boiler regarding an article in the Spring 2018 edition called: Warning–A Boiler Breakdown may be in your Future story. “As Geoff Halley, the author of this article stated, the low water cutout switches that prevent a boiler from dry firing […]
Changes in Underground Storage Tank Regulations; Final Rule
The EPA made changes to the 1988 Underground Storage Tank (UST) regulations back in 2015, but the changes have not gone into effect until a date soon approaching, October 13, 2018. According to the EPA, the changes to the UST regulations are because of new technology proven to be reliable and accurate and the wide variety of new […]
A Tribute & the 7th Annual R.G.B. Tournament
Team members from our Danbury, New York, and Boston offices along with associates of Preferred Utilities got together on August 9th for the 7th Robert G. Bohn Memorial Invitational golf tournament. This tournament is hosted by David Bohn and Preferred annually to celebrate the life and successes of Mr. Bohn’s father, the late Robert G. Bohn. […]