ELK supports power and process plants with practical, engineering-led services across the full steam cycle — from boiler pressure parts through to steam distribution, balance-of-plant and turbine interfaces. We work with teams who already know their plant: our role is to bring rigorous inspection, clear engineering judgement, and outage-ready execution that protects availability and keeps you compliant.
What we work on
We support a broad range of steam raising and heat recovery equipment, including:
- Water-tube and fire-tube boilers
- Waste heat and heat recovery systems (HRSG / WHB)
- Drum and once-through arrangements
- Superheaters, reheaters, economisers and evaporators
- Attemperation and desuperheating systems
- Feedwater, condensate and blowdown systems
- Steam headers, PRVs, isolation valves and drains
- Steam traps, flash steam recovery and condensate return
- Safety relief valves and statutory pressure systems
Typical problems we help solve
If you’re seeing any of the below, we can help you get from symptom → cause → fix → verified return to service:
- Tube leaks, weeping welds, and repeat failures
- FAC / erosion, under-deposit corrosion, caustic gouging
- Thermal fatigue, creep damage, or ligament cracking at headers
- Poor steam temperature control or attemperator issues (spray water, liners, quills)
- Drum level instability, carryover, or wet steam concerns
- Degraded efficiency (fouling, air ingress, burner/combustion tuning issues)
- Chronic trap failures, waterhammer, or ineffective drain management
Services
Our support can be brought in as a targeted scope or full package around your outage/availability plan.
Inspection & integrity
- Inspection planning aligned to your risk profile and outage windows
- Coordination of NDT (UT, PAUT/TOFD, MT, PT, RT as appropriate) with clear reporting
- Thickness trending, corrosion mapping, and remaining life input where required
- Failure investigation support (metallurgy liaison, replica, hardness, RCA)
Repairs & modifications
- Tube repairs and replacement (localised or campaign-based)
- Header and nozzle repairs (including weld build-up and profiling where appropriate)
- Fabrication and replacement of spools, drains, vents, and supports
- Valve maintenance support (isolation, control, PRVs), including bench testing coordination
- Steam trap surveys and targeted replacement programmes to reduce losses and waterhammer risk
Outage delivery
- Scope definition, workpacks, and execution planning
- RAMS / method statements, lift plans, and permit interface
- Site supervision and quality control, including weld tracking and punch-list management
- Pre-start checks and return-to-service support
Performance & operational support
- Practical checks around steam quality, drainage, and distribution issues
- Heat balance / losses conversations that lead to implementable actions (not just reports)
- Liaison with chemistry and operations teams to reduce repeat damage mechanisms
How we work (engineer-to-engineer)
We keep the process straightforward:
- Assess – walkdowns, review of history, and targeted inspection planning
- Engineer – define the repair/mod plan with clear acceptance criteria and hold points
- Execute – outage-ready delivery with the right documentation and supervision
- Verify – NDT validation, pressure system checks, and close-out packs for your records
Compliance and quality you can audit
We understand pressure systems are only “done” when they’re demonstrably done. Our deliverables are built to fit your QA expectations and statutory obligations, typically including:
- Workpacks, ITP/hold points, and inspection records
- Weld maps, WPS/WPQR alignment, consumable control and traceability where required
- NDT reports collated into a clear close-out dossier
- As-built mark-ups and change notes for your system owners and future outages
