(Editor’s Note: This story originally ran in November 2008 and has proved a perennial favorite of Power Engineering readers. With the New Year we thought we’d share it again. Click here to see the ...

When I began my power industry career years ago (initially in the chemistry lab of a coal-fired power plant), the criticality of proper chemistry control of steam boilers, cooling water systems, and ...

IN a recent review of "The 1939 Callendar Steam Tables" 1, Dr. H. Heywood concludes by saying that "these tables . . . should meet the requirements for many years of engineers concerned with the ...