Rental steam boilers
Temporary steam for the weeks the permanent plant is unavailable.
| Arrives as | Complete plant: vessel, burner, controls, usually feedwater |
|---|---|
| Mounting | Trailer-mounted or skid |
| Pressure | Above 15 psig is a high-pressure boiler, rental or not |
| Fuel | Natural gas, propane, #2 oil. Pressure measured at the connection |
| Critical path | Usually permitting and site readiness, not the equipment |
| Placement | Pad or parking, access route, stack clearance |
Site constraints decide the answer more often than the steam rate does.
What actually gates the date
- 01 Load and site Steam rate, pressure, and what the site can actually deliver in gas and power.
- 02 Permit Whether the unit needs its own air district permit. On short outages this is usually the long pole, not the equipment.
- 03 Placement Pad or parking confirmed, access route walked, stack clearance checked.
- 04 Delivery Transport and rigging scheduled against your outage window.
- 05 Connections Your crew makes gas, water, condensate, electrical and stack.
- 06 Startup Factory-authorized startup, scheduled by us.
The short version
Rental steam units arrive as complete plants: vessel, burner, controls, and usually the feedwater equipment on the same skid or trailer. The point is that they land ready to connect, because a rental that needs assembly has defeated its own purpose.
Selection is driven far more by site constraints than by the boiler itself. Gas pressure, electrical service, water, and where the unit can physically sit decide the answer more often than the steam rate does.
What decides the selection
- Steam rate and pressure
- Pounds per hour and the operating pressure you have to hold. Above 15 psig the unit is a high-pressure boiler, which carries operator and inspection consequences on a rental exactly as it does on a permanent plant.
- Fuel and gas pressure
- Available pressure at the connection point, not at the meter. Undersized gas service is one of the most common reasons a rental will not make its rating once it is on site.
- Skid or trailer
- Trailer-mounted plants are quicker to place and need a parking area with access. Skid units fit indoors or on a pad but need rigging.
- Feedwater
- Whether the rental brings its own feedwater set, softening, and chemical feed, or ties into what is already there.
- Permitting
- Whether the rental needs its own air district permit, and how long that takes. On short outages this is frequently the critical path, not the equipment.
What to send us
Send what you have and we'll tell you what's missing. Knowing this up front is the difference between a quote this week and a quote after three rounds of questions.
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- Load
- Pounds per hour, or the nameplate of the unit being covered for.
- Pressure
- Operating pressure required.
- Fuel
- Type, and available pressure at the connection.
- Utilities
- Electrical service, water source, condensate, and where blowdown goes.
- Placement
- Where the unit sits, access to get it there, and stack clearance.
- Dates
- Start date and expected duration.
Have a spec, or just a nameplate?
Send what you have. We'll come back with selections, pricing, and lead times.
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