Babcock & Wilcox Bulletins

B&W plant and technical service bulletins provide important maintenance, inspection and safety information and recommendations for plant components such as:

  • Boilers
  • Pulverizers
  • Environmental equipment
  • Other power plant auxiliary equipment

Plant Service Bulletins

Graphitization of Carbon Molybdenum Steels PSB-59
Care Management and Maintenance of Older Boilers PSB-58
BW Roll Wheel Pulverizer Maintenance PSB-57
E and EL Pulverizer Bottom Ring Assembly PSB-56
Corrosion Fatigue Failures of Riser Tube Bends PSB-55
Feedwater Pipe Thinning and Rupture PSB-54
Roll Wheel Pulverizer Oil PSB-53
Master Hand Hole Plug Welding Recommendations PSB-52
Lower Convection Pass Casing Enclosure and Economizer Hoppers PSB-51
Convection Pass Lower Header Closure Plate Cracking PSB-50
Steam Cooled Spacer Tube Related Cracking of Secondary Superheater Outlet Headers PSB-49
Pulverizer Roll Wheel Silicone O Rings and the Use of Synthetic Oils PSB-48
Feedwater Pipe Thinning PSB-47
Square Lower Sidewall Headers in Stoker Units PSB-46
E and EL Pulverizer Springs PSB-45
Chemical Cleaning Guide PSB-44
Refractories Plastics Insulation or Textiles Containing Chromium Compounds PSB-43
Spiral Bevel Gear Bolts Roll Wheel Pulverizer Gearbox PSB-42
UP Boiler Mix Stud Plate Cracking PSB-41
Drain Stub Bore Hole Cracking PSB-40
E EL Pulverizer Bottom Ring Lifting Clamp PSB-39
Roll Wheel Pulverizer Loading Rods Cables PSB-38
Reheaters Out of Service Corrosion PSB-37
Economizer Hoppers PSB-36
Flashtanks PSB-35
Once through Boiler Bypass Stop Valves BW 200 PSB-34
Burners PSB-33
Oil Lighters Steam Air Atomized PSB-32
Mechanical Oil Lighters PSB-31
High Energy Ignitor System and Lighter Controls PSB-30
Stress Assisted Corrosion Boiler Waterside PSB-29

Plant Service Bulletins (cont.)

Membraned Wall Corner Tube Failures PSB-28
UP Boiler Downcomer Strainers PSB-27
Tube Thickness Evaluation Repair or Replacement Guideline PSB-26
Boiler Water Phosphate Chemistry PSB-25
Spray Attemperators for Industrial Boilers PSB-24
Welded Plate Elbows in High Temperature Applications PSB-23
Economizer Inlet Header Cracking PSB-22
UP Boiler Furnace Protection PSB-20
Roll Wheel Pulverizer Shaft Retainer Bolt PSB-19
Ligament Cracking of 2 10 4Cr 1Mo SA 335 P22 PSB-18
Threaded Connections on High Temperature Applications PSB-17
Pulverized Fuel System Fires PSB-16
Spray Attemperators PSB-15
Roll Wheel Pulverizer Low Speed Shaft Cover PSB-13
Subcooling in Cycling Boilers PSB-12
Rothemuhle Air Heater Sootblower Spherical Swivel Joints PSB-11
Pulverized Fuel System Fires PSB-10
Rothemuhle Air Heater Core Door PSB-9
Roll Wheel Pulverizer Viking Lube Oil Pumps PSB-8
Thermal Quenching of Hopper Tubes PSB-7
ITT Grinnell Constant Support Hangers PSB-6
Rothemuhle Air Heater Collar Seal Shoe Hang Up PSB-5
Roll Wheel Pulverizer Assembly O Ring Sizing PSB-4
Roll Wheel Pulverizer Assembly Pivot Block Orientation PSB-3
Out of Service Corrosion Failure of Horizontal Downcomer Supply and Riser Pressure Part Connections PSB-2
Creep Fatigue and Ligament Cracking of 1-1/4 Cr-1/2 Mo-Si T11 and P11 Pressure Parts PSB-1

Technical Service Bulletins

TSB Spray Dryer Absorber Inspection September 2021
TSB Rothemuhle Air Heater Bearing Inspection August 2021
Lance Tube Feed Tube Assembly Fabrication and Welding Qualifications for Recovery Boilers June 2018
Generating Bank Casing to Sidewall Tube Welds on Two Drum Boilers November 2015
Riser and Tube Attachment Fatigue and Corrosion Location and Evaluation Experience November 2006
UP Boiler Tube Leaks March 1998
Characteristics and Implications of Cracking in Type 304L Composite Floor Tubes in Recovery Boilers March 1997
Superheater Floor Tube Failures June 1995
Recovery Boiler Floor Tube Inspections May. 1995
Floor Tube Corrosion External and Water Side May 1992