The tools required to coat a surface so it is non-wetting, thereby lowering maintenance needs How coating via CVD can make surfaces easier to clean and more robust How fuel delivery and injection ...

Boiler slagging and fouling, and the resulting frequent operation of sootblowers, are some of the major operations and maintenance factors that can negatively affect power plant reliability and ...

A key contributor to high maintenance costs is a buildup of carbon-based deposits on combustion-related components or process systems known as carbon fouling, or coking. Coking has been responsible ...

Marine fouling triggers ongoing economic losses for the global shipping industry through detrimental effects on structures ...

Turbomachinery components either extract energy from moving fluids (combustion gases, steam, air, etc.) or impart energy to those fluids. In service, these components are subjected to corrosion and ...

Underwater fouling control hull coatings were once purely a commercial consideration for ship owners and operators. Now it is also a question of how they can help meet global goals to reduce ...

(Biofouling photo - U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Christopher Frost/Released [A sailor scraping barnacles from the bottom of a rigid-hull inflatable boat aboard an ...

In the 17 years since Don Nelson first urged the intentional fouling of Dennis Rodman in an attempt to stop the Chicago Bulls from scoring so many points, fans of NBA teams with big men who struggle ...