Induction Heat Tube Extraction. Over time, fireside tube wastage typically results in the need to replace generating bank tubes, including the stub ends rolled into the tube seats of the steam and mud drums. B&W offers a proven solution that minimizes costs and boiler downtime and preserves the boiler drum shell. Our patented induction heat tube extraction technology has been used to remove more than 70,000 tube stubs in various power generation, pulp and paper, waste-to-energy, oil refining, gas processing, chemical processing and institutional heating applications.
Photo courtesy of Heather Walborn. Plate tectonics is an important geologic concept as it fills in the gaps to Earth's geologic history. The theory of plate tectonics helps explain the formation of mountain ranges, volcanism, earthquakes and the features associated with active plate boundaries.
In geologic terms, a plate is a large, rigid slab of solid rock. The word tectonics comes from the Greek root to build.. Putting these two words together, we get the term plate tectonics, which refers to how the Earth's surface is built of plates. The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's outermost layer is fragmented into a dozen or more large and small plates that are moving relative to one another as they ride atop hotter, more mobile material.