Steam Boiler Application

Protea Fuel Oil Additives
Steam boiler power plants that utilise crude or heavy fuel oils suffer from different combustion-related problems due to variations in quality and contaminants in the fuel oil. The presence of vanadium, sodium and sulphur causes problems with high and low temperature corrosion. Asphaltenes and other heavy hydrocarbons cause problems such as sedimentation in storage tanks, filter plugging and coking of fuel pre-heaters. These heavy carbons are also more difficult to combust, which results in further problems, such as the formation of deposits and high emissions of soot and unburned carbons. These problems reduce power plant performance and profitability over time.