- Babcock and Wilcox
[
Aeolipile ] The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) is an American firm engaged in the design, engineering, manufacture, service and construction ofpower generation andpollution control systems and equipment for utilities and industries. Babcock & Wilcoxboiler s supply more than 270,000megawatt s of installed capacity in over 90 countries around the world. DuringWorld War II , over half of the American US Navy fleet was powered by Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The company is based inLynchburg, Virginia and is a unit ofMcDermott International , Incorporated. B&W also has operations inWest Point, Mississippi ,Cambridge, Ontario ,Canada ,Mount Vernon, Indiana ,Oak Ridge, Tennessee ,Barberton, Ohio , andEuclid, Ohio .History
In
1867 ,Providence, Rhode Island , residentsStephen Wilcox and his partnerGeorge Herman Babcock patented the “Babcock & Wilcox Non-Explosive Boiler”, which used tubing to generate higher pressures and was more efficient than existing designs.Babcock & Wilcox published a useful reference book titled [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22657 "Steam - its generation and use "] , currently in the 41st edition.
In
1942 , the company developed thecyclone furnace .Babcock and Wilcox designed and built the
nuclear reactor that was involved in theThree Mile Island accident .On November 26, 2007 the old company logo (pictured) was changed and Babcock & Wilcox and
BWX Technologies were merged into a single company.ee also
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BWX Technologies
*Combustion Engineering – one of B&W’s major competitorsExternal links
* [http://www.babcock.com Babcock & Wilcox company website]
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22657 Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox company Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]
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