STORM Resources
Recent Newsletters
Feb. 2021 - Understanding Air Preheater Performance
Sept. 2020 - Ignoring the Fundamentals of Combustion
Aug. 2020 - The Importance of Fuel Fineness - Part 2
June 2020 - Airflow Managment on Corner Fired Boilers - Part 1
Apr. 2020 - How Low Can You Go? Part 2
Jan. 2020 - How Low Can You Go? Part 1
Specialized Resources
Pulverizers
Airflow Measurement & Control
![]() | June 2020 Newsletter - "Airflow Management on Corner Fired Boiler" |
![]() | Mar. 2015 Newsletter - "Cycling of Large Utility Boilers, Some Thoughts to Consider" |
![]() | Oct. 2012 Newsletter - "Measurement of Combustion Airflow" |
![]() | Sep. 2011 Newsletter - "Airflow Measurement: The Growing Importance of Accurate and Reliable Combustion" |
![]() | May 2010 Newsletter - "The Benefits of Flow Nozzles and Venturies" |
![]() | Dec. 2009 Newsletter - "#1 Controllable Stealth Loss - Boiler Air In-Leakage" |
![]() | May 2009 Newsletter - "How Storm's Resources Can Be Utilized for Measurement and Control of Airflow" |
![]() | Oct. 2007 Article - Power Magazine: "Managing Air to Improve Combustion Efficiency" |
![]() | Oct. 2006 Article - Power Magazine: "Apply the Fundamentals to Improve Emissions Performance" |
Burners & Boilers
Air Heaters to Stack
![]() | Aug. 2016 Newsletter - "Would You Like to Better Utilize Your Outage Resources" |
![]() | May 2013 Newsletter - "Coal Fired Boiler Optimization and the Impact on Emission Control Devices" |
![]() | Mar. 2013 Newsletter - "Three Tips on Applying Performance Driven Maintenance" |
![]() | Apr. 2012 Newsletter - "Maintenance vs. Manpower" |
![]() | July 2010 Newsletter - "Invest Maintenance Dollars Wisely" |
![]() | Dec. 2009 Newsletter - "#1 Controllable Stealth Loss - Boiler Air In-Leakage" |
![]() | Sep. 2009 Newsletter - "The Cost Impact of Poor Airheater Performance" |
![]() | Dec. 2008 Article - Power Magazine: "Getting the Most From Boilers, Industrial Fuels" |
![]() | Mar. 2008 Article - World Coal Magazine: "Quality Counts" |
![]() | Mar. 2005 Article - Power Magazine: "How stealth combustion losses lower plant efficiency" |
Other
![]() | Jan. 2014 Newsletter - "Is Your Plant Ready For MATS/MACT in 2014-2015?" |
![]() | June 2012 Newsletter - "Yes, There is a War on Coal! But Somebody has to keep the lights on!" |
![]() | Mar. 2011 Newsletter - "Meeting MACT Compliance" |
![]() | Dec. 2009 Newsletter - "Coal Ash Chemistry Slag Management 101" |
![]() | Aug. 2009 Newsletter - "The Impact of Furnace Performance on the Reliability of Superheater and Reheater Metals" |
![]() | July 2009 Newsletter - "A Practical Approach to Biomass Firing" |
![]() | June 2009 Newsletter - "Considering the Economics of Combustion Optimization" |
![]() | Jan. 2009 Newsletter - "Four Suggested New Year's Resolutions for Coal Plants" |
Published Articles
2010 - 2019
![]() | Dec. 2019 | Power Magazine: "Is Chasing Grid Demand Killing Your Large Coal Boiler?" |
![]() | Nov. 2017 | Power Magazine: "Improve Power Plant Heat Rate with a Pulverizer Performance Program" |
![]() | Dec. 2015 | Power Magazine: "Coal Pulverizer Maintenance Improves Boiler Combustion" |
![]() | Jun. 2015 | Power Magazine: "Typical Causes of Slagging and Fouling Problems in Boilers" |
![]() | Jul. 2013 | World Coal: "Why Remembering the Fundamentals Can Yield Cost-Effective Results in Coal Combustion" |
![]() | Nov. 2010 | Coalblog: "The Benefits of Applying the Fundamentals" |
![]() | Oct. 2010 | CoalPower: "Pulverized Coal Pipe Testing and Balancing" |
2000 - 2009
![]() | Oct. 2009 | Power Magazine: "Measuring Coal Pipe Flow" |
![]() | Mar. 2009 | Power Magazine: "Blueprint Your Pulverizer" |
![]() | Dec. 2008 | Power Magazine: "Getting the Most From Boilers, Industrial Fuels" |
![]() | Oct. 2008 | Power Magazine: "Finessing Fuel Fineness" |
![]() | Jun. 2008 | Power Magazine: "Boiler Optimization Increases Fuel Flexibility" |
![]() | Mar. 2008 | World Coal Magazine: "Quality Counts" |
![]() | Oct. 2007 | Power Magazine: "Managing Air to Improve Combustion Efficiency" |
![]() | Feb. 2007 | Power Magazine: "To Optimize Performance, Begin at the Pulverizers" |
![]() | Oct. 2006 | Power Magazine: "Apply the Fundamentals to Improve Emissions Performance" |
![]() | Sep. 2006 | World Coal Magazine: "Crush It, Pulverize It and Burn It" |
![]() | Mar. 2005 | Power Magazine: "How stealth combustion losses lower plant efficiency" |
Technical Papers & Presentations
2010 - 2019
2000 - 2009
1990 - 1999
![]() | May 1997 | 3rd Annual Conference on Unburned Carbon on Utility FLyash - "Three Years Operating Experience at a NOx Limit of 0.33 lbs./ MBtu with Flyash Carbon Content Less Than 5%" |
![]() | April 1997 | American Power Conference - "Time and Cost Effective Repairs to Boiler In-Leakage" |
![]() | 1996 | PowerGEN - "Performance Combustion and Reliability Optimization of a 360 MW Unit Firing 90% Pulverized Coal and 10% Municipal Solid Waste" |
![]() | 1995 | PowerGEN - "Performance Optimization of a Boiler Equipped with Low NOx Burners" |
![]() | April 1995 | IJPGC ASME - "A Comprehensive Common Sense Approach to Low NOx Combustion in Pulverized Coal Fired Boilers" |
![]() | April 1991 | 13th Annual Kentucky Coal Utilization Conference - "Pulverizer Coal Boiler Optimization Through Fuel / Air Control" |
![]() | 1987 | ASME - "Coal Fired Boiler Performance Improvements Through Combustion Optimization" |