Steam Boilers – Page 2 – R.F. MacDonald Co.

RFMCO Offers Vapor Power Thermal Fluid Heaters in CA & NV

thermal-fluid-boilers

R.F. MacDonald Co. is the new representative for Vapor Power in California and Nevada, offering hot oil thermal fluid heaters, steam generators, and liquid phase heaters Vapor Power International has been manufacturing boilers, steam generators, and liquid phase heaters since 1903 and has earned a reputation as a premier designer and manufacturer worldwide. Vapor Power...

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Forced-Circulation Steam Generators – Oil Applications

Steam Generators

Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage, better known as SAGD, is considered to be the most viable and environmentally safe recovery technology for extracting heavy oil. The process, which has been utilized for more than a decade, uses an advanced form of steam stimulation to extract oil from a pair of horizontal wells drilled into a reservoir. In...

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The First Steam-Ready Industrial Watertube Boiler

D-Type Steam Boiler

The primary benefit of a steam-ready system is the shortened design-to-installation time, allowing customers to engineer a project in advance. The pace of business today dictates that manufacturers bring products to market faster through the continuous streamlining of product innovation, product development and engineering processes. A few years ago, one leading manufacturer of industrial watertube...

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Understanding the Different Names, Terms for Steam

steam boiler

Many different terms are used to describe steam in various applications. This inconsistency can result in improper reporting and work order errors. This paper addresses utility steam applications. Any steam application outside of utility steam should follow company policies and regulations of any governing agency or organization. 1. Utility Steam (Live Steam, Plant Steam) Utility...

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