Since the founding of the partnership of Babcock, Wilcox and Company in 1867 and continuing to the present day, research and development have played important roles in B&W's continuing service to the power industry.
From the initial improvements of Wilcox's original safety water tube boiler to the first supercritical pressure boilers, and from the first privately operated nuclear research reactor to today's advanced environmental systems, innovation and the new ideas of its employees have placed B&W at the forefront of safe, efficient and clean steam generation and energy conversion technology.
Key Areas of Research
Facilities
- B&W Research Center: Barberton, Ohio
- Clean Environment Development Facility: Alliance, Ohio
- B&W Nuclear Research: Lynchburg, Va.
- Research and Development
- Combustion Technology and Fuels
- Emissions and Environmental Research
- Fuel and Water Chemistry
- Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics
- Materials Engineering and Manufacturing Technology
- Measurements and Monitoring
- Structural Analysis and Design
- Babcock & Wilcox Research Center: Barberton, Ohio
- Clean Environment Development Facility: Alliance, Ohio
