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Technical Tips & Information
Electric Boilers Data
For those applications where a fuel powered boiler is not practical, electric boilers for providing steam or hot water are an excellent option to consider.The positives in an electric boiler are small compact size, no emissions, no stack, and a somewhat less complicated installation. The negatives are higher energy costs unless you are buying electricity at very low rates. Electric boilers are usually 98-99% efficient, fuel powered boilers 65-85% efficient.
10 KW of electricity will produce 34 lbs of steam. At 80% efficiency; 1 MMBTU (10 therms, 1 decatherm or 1 MCF) of natural gas will produce 800 lbs of steam, 1 gallon of number 2 oil 110 lbs of steam, and 1 gallon of propane 73 lbs of steam. To compare operating costs, you should examine the cost to produce 1000 lbs of steam using current and forecasted energy costs. For boilers, the original cost of equipment and installation is a small portion of the life cycle costs when adding in total energy costs for say a period of 10 years.
We can provide a full range of steam and hot water boilers along with installation of all the piping related items.