Fulton packaged and skid-mounted boiler systems save site work and provide 'instant' plant power.
Fulton has an enviable reputation for manufacturing fully-prefabricated plant rooms and skid-mounted systems offering high levels of efficiency and reliability. The company’s comprehensive service includes initial design, application advice and total after sales support.
Systems are built in Britain to BS2790 1992 Class 1 and are available for electric, gas, oil and dual-fuel firing, with steam duties from 14 kg/h to 4787 kg/h F&A 100ºC.
All systems are designed to be delivered to site and installed on a prepared concrete base and final installation is made easier by connecting to termination points, pre-installed by the customer, to ensure that the new boiler plant matches existing site services.
Leading steam boiler manufacturer Fulton Limited has introduced two one-day training courses offering a mix of theoretical and practical operational assignments, that the company claims bridges the gap between the more expensive certified courses – those that can cost many thousands of pounds per employee – and straightforward ‘toolbox’ training.
Its Operator Routines & Maintenance course, which is designed for boiler operators, covers basic day-to-day operation and monitoring and provides employees with the knowledge required to monitor a boiler and ensure it is running efficiently and safely. It also includes training in operational procedures, daily blowdowns, and checking of water levels, alarms, etc. the course also examines the importance of correctly treated feedwater and what boiler inspectors will look for during routine insurance inspections.
The second course – Knowledge of Steam Systems – looks at both the boiler system in depth as well as auxiliary equipment including the steam and condensate loop. It is aimed at more experienced operators such as technicians and engineers.
Commenting for Fulton, customer services manager Jeff Byrne says: “We have always promoted the benefits of operator training to our customers and we enjoy seeing technicians and engineers grow in confidence as they improve their knowledge. Training also proves invaluable to employers, as operators handle more of their own maintenance and repair and avoid call-outs to ‘boiler breakdowns’ that require no more than the simple flick of a switch to resolve. Real examples like this prove that a Fulton one-day Operator Routines & Maintenance course could potentially save the cost of many expensive and unwanted engineers’ visits.”
Pulaski, NY — Fulton Companies (www.fulton.com), the global manufacturer of steam, hydronic and thermal fluid heat transfer products and provider of innovative energy management solutions, has closed a deal in which it has acquired 100 percent of Costerm Swiss AG, a specialised industrial burner and engineering company based near Zurich, Switzerland.
“We are very pleased to have Costerm join the global Fulton family,” says Fulton Companies CFO Kevin LaMontagne. “Plans are in development to share R&D resources, use Costerm burners on large Fulton boilers, sell Fulton products through the Costerm sales office, and sell Costerm products through Fulton sales offices.”
The deal was completed on December 20th 2011.
Correctly Sizing a Steam Boiler-What do I need to know?
The correct selection of a steam boiler output is critical to its operation, efficiency and performance. If undersized for the system load, then steam pressure will rapidly decrease thus causing the boiler to collapse its steam space, in turn causing low water alarms and ultimately burner lockout.
To prevent this, the boiler needs to be matched correctly to the system steady state demand and any short-term peak demands that may occur. In short, ensure that the boiler is sized to the system’s worst case scenario!
To achieve optimum system steam supply to demand ratio, it is important to know what you’re trying to achieve. For example what you are heating, its mass and the temperature rise you require, over which timescales (i.e. how quickly do you need to heat your product?)
Recent Introductions Demonstrate Fulton's Commitment to R&D and the Environment
In a move to demonstrate its commitment to R&D and the environment, Fulton has introduced a number of energy saving products to its range.
The company’s new flue gas Economiser for its gas and dual-fuel-fired horizontal RBC boiler range can provide fuel savings of up to 5% and, in a typical installation, achieve payback in less than a year.
The Economiser operates in the same way as a heat exchanger. By capturing the waste heat inherent in flue gases and transferring it to the boiler feedwater, the feedwater temperature increases from approximately 85° to 120°. Because this takes place on the positive side of the feed pump, there is no cavitation effect and the flue gas energy does not have to be applied by the boiler. Depending on the steam application, the Economiser can either reduce the fuel consumption of a boiler at a given steam output or increase steam output for a given amount of fuel.
Fulton Steam Boilers Cut Cooking Time For Lyons Seafoods
Lyons Seafoods is one of the largest prawn and seafood processors in the UK, specialising in supplying the country’s leading supermarkets and food service groups with raw, freshly cooked, chilled, and frozen prawns and other speciality seafoods.
As part of a £3.5m expansion programme that has included the commissioning of a second processing line, the Warminster-based company has installed a fully packaged plant room from Fulton Boiler Works.
The plant room, which contains two dual-fuel RBC1250 boilers plus ancillary equipment, was manufactured at Fulton’s headquarters in Bristol and delivered to site as three modular skid mounted packages – one for each of the RBC1250 boilers and one for the ancillary equipment. The skids were then mounted onto a prepared concrete base, connected to site services and covered with a Quinshield composite housing.