These days, it’s not just going into a house and installing a cast-iron boiler. Today’s units offer consumers multiple choices regarding efficiency and performance.
Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp., with the support of local representative D.J. Conley Assoc. Inc., successfully assisted Ford Motor Co. with the upgrade of its burner management and combustion control systems at its research and engineering powerhouse in Dearborn, Mich.
Harsco Industrial Patterson-Kelley is showing the P-K SONIC™ boiler, which features an innovative stainless steel heat exchanger design, with segments designed to work together to help optimize efficiency and improve reliability.
Laars has enhanced and expanded its fully packaged, 95 percent efficient NeoTherm® boiler line. The modulating boiler line is available from 80 through 1,700 MBH sizes. Also available is a volume water heater extension to the line with sizes from 150 to 1,700 MBH.
Technologies used in commercial hot water boilers are evolving rapidly, resulting in new equipment that is more efficient and easier to operate than ever before. Modulating burners, variable-speed drives, and advanced controls can now be found on many newer boilers.
Matthew Stohner has been appointed as the new president of Powerhouse Boiler Equipment, a family-owned company located in Delanco, N.J. Paul Stohner, former president, is now chief executive officer and acting as advisor to the company. Powerhouse sells, rents, and services commercial boilers.
Two dual-fuel natural gas/propane and No. 2 fuel oil condensing boilers — GMI-8M-DF and GMI-4M-DF — have been added to the company’s condensing boiler lineup. The boilers can run either natural gas or propane as the main fuel with No. 2 fuel oil as the backup.
Ultra-high efficiency, the Triple-Flex™ Series of hot-water condensing boilers deliver a minimum 90 percent operating efficiency with 160°F return and 180° supply at maximum input.