Combustion issues can be a service technician’s most challenging and intimidating problem to diagnose. Unless you’re equipped with the proper skills to tackle these issues, it’s easy to become ...

Combustion Air Ducts, Part II: Problems and Solutions The most common problem that occurs with combustion air ducts is that they get blocked. When a combustion air duct is blocked, air needs to leak ...

On September 25, 2004, Widows Creek Unit 3 in Stevenson, Alabama, established a new continuous-run record for TVA’s fossil plant portfolio when it surpassed the 616-day mark held by Johnsonville Unit ...

A combustion problem that burned up fuel too quickly has been identified as the culprit behind a July 12 Ariane 5 launch that left two satellites stranded in a too-low orbit (DAILY, July 16). An ...

IN a recent paper on the combustion problem of internal ballistics 1, we have attributed jointly to Love and Pidduck 2 a statement as to the importance of including both temperature and pressure in ...

The combustion analyzer has become a modern mystery to most service technicians. Let's face it; there isn't a lot of information available on performing a combustion analysis on residential heating ...

You might remember the days when a boiler tune-up mostly meant adjusting the flame. The flame was supposed to be solid blue with the tips slightly rounded. If the flame was soft, wavy and contained ...