U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Industrial Technologies Program – Combustion

Active R&D Projects

Cover of First Generation Firetube Super Boiler Fact Sheet

The first generation, firetube, Super Boiler target 94% fuel-to-steam efficiency and NOx emissions below 5 (parts per million by volume) ppmv. These boilers will also be 50% smaller and lighter than currently available boilers of similar capacity. (PDF 1.1 MB).

The current combustion R&D portfolio consists of four projects that may be instrumental in achieving industry and national goals. Some of this research already has begun yielding near-term benefits in commercial applications.

Project factsheets for each project are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

  • First Generation Firetube Super Boiler, (PDF 1.1 MB), Super Boiler Field Demonstration Success Story, (PDF 1.2 MB), Presentation to the American Boiler Manufacturers Association (ABMA), (PDF 410 KB)