Leading Clean Power Production Systems for the Power Generation Industry
Babcock & Wilcox has served the power generation industry for many years by providing a wide range of clean power production technologies and aftermarket support services including parts, equipment upgrades and field engineering.
Coal-Fired Power Plant Technologies
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Combustion Systems
- Pulverizers
- Low NOx burners
- Igniters and scanners
- Overfire air systems
- Cyclone furnaces
Combustion Systems
- Pulverizers
- Low NOx burners
- Igniters and scanners
- Overfire air systems
- Cyclone furnaces
Boiler
- Pressure parts
- Non-pressure parts
- Diamond Power® sootblowers
- Air heaters
- Fans
Controls and Diagnostic Systems
- Advanced performance technologies
- Sootblowing controls and intelligent software
- Precipitator controls and software
- Boiler control and monitoring systems
Post-Combustion NOx Control
- Selective catalytic reduction
- Selective non-catalytic reduction
Ash and Material Handling
- Allen-Sherman-Hoff® bottom ash systems
- Allen-Sherman-Hoff® fly ash systems
Ash and Material Handling
- Allen-Sherman-Hoff® bottom ash systems
- Allen-Sherman-Hoff® fly ash systems
Particulate Control
- Electrostatic precipitators (ESP)
- Fabric filter baghouses
- Dust collectors
Mercury, Acid Gas and HAP Control
- Wet scrubbers
- Dry scrubbers
- Dry sorbent injection
- Activated carbon injection
150+ Years in Steam
Established in 1867, Babcock & Wilcox is a global leader in energy and environmental technologies and services for the power and industrial markets, with operations, subsidiaries and joint ventures worldwide. Our company has established a legacy of technology achievements and firsts:
- 1867 B&W incorporated to market its patented water tube boiler
- 1881 World's first public utility electricity powered by four B&W boilers
- 1902 First subway in New York, USA powered by B&W boilers
- 1918 First pulverized coal plant powered by B&W boilers
- 1930 B&W Vølund develops its first waste-to-energy plant
- 1935 B&W sold and placed into service the first "black liquor" recovery boiler in the USA which used a by-product of the pulping process as fuel.
- 1957 B&W designs the world's first supercritical pressure coal-fired boiler
- 2014 First U.S. ultra-supercritical power plant begins operating, designed and constructed by B&W