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Boilers - Pressure Parts

The Babcock Power Services Group includes numerous companies within the Babcock Power Inc. family,
focusing on the power generation and waste-to-energy markets. Included within this Group are the OEM
Riley Power Inc., Boiler Tube Company of America, and Babcock Power Services Inc. Combining the
strengths and experience of each of these companies under one Group allows us to provide replacement
pressure parts for any OEMs unit, whether for in-kind replacement, improved performance, or lifeextension enhancement. It also provides us with the choice of several manufacturing facilities to assist us
in optimizing the shop selected to ensure compliance with your specification and delivery requirements.
We also have one of the largest inventories of Straight tubing in the USA, available 24/7/365.
Pressure parts Offered:
Drums
Superheaters
Headers
Reheaters
Generating Tubes
Economizers
Waterwalls
DRUMS
Steam and water drums can be provided for any OEMs natural
circulation boiler design, or capacity. Drums up to 84 diameter
are available, including those requiring single thickness tube
and wrapper sheets, or different thickness tube and wrapper
sheets. In-house stress relieving capability is available, as is all
required NDE to ASME and ASNT requirements.
HEADERS
Replacement headers are available for any application,
including superheaters, reheaters, economizers, and
waterwalls. We have extensive experience with the latest
materials currently required for all operating units, including
natural circulation and supercritical designs. During fabrication,
the headers are produced under the strictest surveillance of
our Quality Control Department to insure complete compliance
with all necessary codes.
GENERATING TUBES
Generating tubes for all OEM boiler designs are available and are typically
tubes extending between the mud/water and steam drums that convert a
large volume of water into steam. Generating tubes are normally
manufactured from various grades of carbon steel, including SA-178 Gr.
A, SA-178 Gr. C, SA-192, and SA-210 A1. Where designs require that the
generating tubes be swaged to a smaller diameter at each end, our shops
can comply and will insure that acceptable levels of hardness are
maintained through specific annealing processes so that the tubes can be rolled properly into the drums.
Each tube row configuration is matched to insure that the new tubes will be properly aligned with the
existing tubes in each row. This is particularly important if your existing arrangement has baffles,
vibration restraints, or other attachments.
WATERWALLS
Waterwall configurations, materials, and designs vary greatly for each boiler
design. Most waterwalls today are of the membrane type construction,
although we can also offer waterwalls utilizing tangent tube construction.

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We have numerous panel welding machines at our manufacturing facilities capable of producing
membrane-type waterwalls from a variety of tube sizes, materials, and fin widths. Where bent panels are
required to insure correct alignment of all tubes, a panel gang bender is utilized. Weld overlay can be
applied where operating conditions justify it.
SUPERHEATERS
Replacement superheaters for in-kind replacement, as well as improved
performance and/or extended life, can be furnished for any OEMs unit.
Procedures necessary to insure acceptable bend geometry and material
mechanical characteristics, as well as those required to manufacture any
design with any of the materials needed to meet todays performance
and code requirements, are available. When appropriate, weld overlay
can also be provided.

REHEATERS
Reheaters are often exposed to very
high temperatures during start-up.
Premature failure in reheaters can
often be attributed to poorly designed
support and alignment systems, as
well as inadequate tube material
selection for the high temperatures to
which they are exposed. Replacement
reheaters can be designed to meet
your operating requirements utilizing
the centuries of experience available within the Babcock Power Services Group. Revised designs, utilizing
the correct materials and the latest manufacturing techniques, can be offered to help insure that your unit
will operate reliably and efficiently. Where appropriate, weld overlay can also be applied.
ECONOMIZERS
Complete design capabilities are available within the Babcock Power
Services Group to produce any type of economizer for any type of boiler,
including bare tube, bar-fin tube, spiral wound and H-fin. After consulting
with our client about the operating conditions of a specific unit, and the
desired performance and operating enhancements, a complete
evaluation is conducted, and a final solution proposed. Consideration is
given to the type of fuel being fired, flue gas characteristics, potential for
plugging, gas velocity and temperature, sootblower requirements,
operating hours, load variation, and unit history. After complete
evaluation, a solution is offered, selecting the appropriate tube size and
material, as well as the correct finning surface, if appropriate, including BTAs H-fin surface for dirty flue
gas applications.

New Economizer

Manufacturing H-Fin Surface

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