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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Announces Third Quarter 2019 Results

- Babcock & Wilcox segment adjusted EBITDA increased 23% to $19.3 million - Consolidated operating loss improved by $42.0 million to a loss of $3.2 million - Company generated consolidated adjusted EBITDA of $10.1 million (BARBERTON, Ohio – November 7, 2019) – Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. ("B&W Enterprises") (NYSE: BW) announced today third quarter 2019 GAAP loss from continuing operations improved by $47.2 million to a loss of $57.0 million compared to a loss of $104.1 million in third quarter 2018. Adjusted EBITDA also improved by $36.8 million to a positive $10.1 million compared to negative $26.7 million in the prior year period, resulting in the Company's second consecutive quarter of profitability in 2019 on an adjusted EBITDA basis.

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Boiler Operations That Affect Efficiency (Part 1)

Optimizing boiler and steam system efficiency is more important than ever. Although a boiler’s efficiency is primarily a result of its design, an operator can maintain or significantly improve efficiency by effectively managing various techniques and key functions.

Read Part 1 of this two-part series which discusses operating techniques.

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A Numerical Modeling Example – Sorbent Injection Systems

Results from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling can be used in a wide range of applications. This article shows how modeling can be used to determine reagent injection locations, nozzle design and the impact of directional flow devices in a sorbent injection system for emissions control.

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Need to lower capacity but maintain availability? Please stand by…

A biorational manufacturing plant needed a way to keep one of its industrial package boilers in hot standby condition to better adjust for demand.

The installation of lower drum heating coils helped it do just that, while reducing fuel, costs and emissions.

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Ignition Condition

American Electric Power (AEP) Amos Power Plant

If your boiler isn’t lighting off as quickly and easily as it used to, it might be fly ash pluggage or other issues with your ignition equipment.

See how refurbishing ignitors helped AEP reduce light-off time by more than 90 percent.

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CFB Boiler Upgrades at a Petrochemical Facility in Southeast Asia

Capacity Restoration, Reliability Improvement, NOx Reduction and SO2 Reduction of Existing Circulating Fluidized-Bed (CFB) Boiler

Restore Capacity, Improve Reliability, and Reduce Emissions

Immediately after operations of a new circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) boiler were turned over to the customer at a large petrochemical facility in southeast Asia, the unit began experiencing operational and maintenance issues. The boiler could typically run no higher than 70% MCR load.

B&W was called to conduct an extensive engineering review on this non-B&W boiler and determined that 100% MCR operating condition of the CFB boiler could be achieved by considering several key functional conditions and design fundamentals. Read how B&W’s upgrades resulted in the unit successfully reaching and continuously operating at full load capacity.

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EPA's Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule

The EPA’s recently published Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule identifies heat rate improvements as the Best Source for Emissions Reductions (BSER) to control CO2. While the rule currently does not set limits, it establishes the framework for states to use to set achievable unit level heat rate improvements (HRI) at the plants.

We prepared an overview of the rule, summarized the timeline, and review the six BSER candidate technologies which can help you improve plant heat rate and boiler efficiency.

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