Boiler services

Close to two thirds of the worldwide boiler installed base is in coal-fired power plants. The key concerns of plant operators are reliability, availability and fuel efficiency. Alstom Power is well positioned to address these issues with innovative new technologies for each boiler subsystem.

Our capabilities include products and services for both Alstom and Alstom licensed fleets worldwide, as well as upgrades for other Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) equipment. One of Alstom Power’s priorities is on innovative and high performance upgrade solutions that apply to the major boiler subsystems, including pulverisers, firing systems, pressure parts, ignitors and scanners as well as bottom and ash handling systems.

Alstom Power is implementing a solution to increase the reliability and availability of the boiler installed base. For instance, a new performance, recovery and optimisation system was developed for the MPS-type pulveriser. The system manages and reduces pulveriser wear to extend operation time between outages. It improves coal fineness to facilitate in-furnace emission reduction and maximises pulveriser capacity. This results in better operational flexibility with a wider range of coal types, without shutting down the pulverizer for adjustment. 

Another example of customer commitment is Alstom's inventory management programmes, which provide customers with replacement parts when needed. These programmes ensure parts availability, eliminate exposure on obsolescence, reduce the total cost of parts acquisition and improve outage materials planning. This in turn reduces time and cost of the outage.