Feed Water Heater
Preheating feedwater with extracted steam — a proven efficiency gain for any boiler or power cycle.
Feed Water Heater design involves more than a simple duty calculation — condensing zone sizing, drain cooling performance, and integration with the broader power cycle all affect whether the unit delivers its expected efficiency gain in practice.
Our engineers handle this level of detail directly: new installation design for plants adding feedwater heating capacity, and troubleshooting for units that are installed but underdelivering on the efficiency improvement they were specified to provide.
Because feedwater heater performance is easy to measure against expectation — the plant's overall heat rate either improves as predicted or it doesn't — this is an area where engineering accountability matters. We stand behind the design numbers we produce, not just the calculation methodology behind them.
We also review integration with the broader steam cycle — extraction pressure, drain routing, and cascading drain arrangements to other heaters in the train — since a feedwater heater rarely performs as an isolated piece of equipment.