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Boiler Feedwater: Why Reverse Osmosis is the Smart Choice for Modern Steam Systems

A thin layer of scale can reduce heat transfer efficiency by up to 10%, increasing fuel consumption and the produced greenhouse gas emissions. Descaling a boiler and implementing a regular boiler treatment program will help keep the boiler system running, but you should take it a step back, starting with the water supplying the boiler. Boiler feedwater is as important as the water in the boiler itself, so it may [...]

December 8, 2025 By Paul Sharpe, Industry Consultant Read more...

Boiler Lay-Up: Choosing the Right Procedure to Protect Your System

Understanding the key considerations for boiler lay-up and the differences between wet and dry procedures helps safeguard the boiler and ensure a smooth restart. Treating lay-ups as part of a broader maintenance strategy, rather than an afterthought, can prevent costly repairs and extend system life. Before choosing a lay-up method, it is important to review system design, water quality, and operational needs to [...]

December 3, 2025 Read more...

Thank You for Helping Us Master Every Drop in 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we want to express our sincere appreciation for your partnership. Your collaboration fuels Kurita’s commitment to partnership to Master. Every. Drop. — our promise to customers who demand the very best, to drive innovation that ensures operational excellence, and to move together toward a truly sustainable future for generations to come. What We Achieved Together in 2025 [...]

November 26, 2025 Read more...

Increase Performance and Profitability with Proactive Plant Hygiene

While clean-in-place (CIP) systems are often overlooked or underappreciated for optimal plant operations, they save time, labor, and expenses by maintaining efficient operations without disassembly. Failed or inadequate CIP can lead to loss of heat transfer, increased energy costs, increased bacterial infections, equipment damage, and lost profits. Biofuels plants should prioritize optimizing CIP as an [...]

November 18, 2025 By Jennifer Starner, PhD, Senior Research Scientist Read more...

Fall Back into Boiler Start-Up

As you send your children back to school and Halloween decorations begin to appear in stores, your facility operators may have already begun the process of preparing off-line boilers for the winter season . Regardless of if they were stored dry or wet, steps need to be taken to ensure a safe start-up of off-line boilers. Each boiler is different, and before startup, we recommend that all engineers consult the [...]

October 23, 2025 Read more...

Kurita America and Cyclopure to Deliver Groundbreaking PFAS Removal and Regeneration Solutions

Kurita America Inc., a global leader in water treatment solutions, and Cyclopure, an innovator in advanced adsorbent technologies, today announced their expanding partnership to deliver the most advanced and sustainable solution for removing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water with a completely regenerable material. With Cyclopure’s patented DEXSORB® technology and Kurita’s [...]

September 30, 2025 Read more...

Using Innovative Water Treatment to Meet Food and Beverage Sustainability Goals

Achieving sustainability while managing operational costs is a delicate balancing act for many industries. The food and beverage (F&B) sector faces unique challenges, such as high water consumption and product mix changes, which can complicate efforts to align costs with environmental goals. This is why a water treatment partnership plays such an important role. By understanding your facility’s total [...]

July 10, 2025 By Daryl Mandoza, Director of Product Management Read more...

Preventing Scale Formation in Reverse Osmosis Systems

Reverse osmosis (RO) systems function similarly to boilers and cooling towers by increasing the concentration of dissolved salts in the feedwater. As pure water permeates through the RO membrane, salts are retained, resulting in a concentrated stream. When the solubility limits of specific salts are exceeded, scaling may occur on the membrane surface or within its flow channels. Scale formation [...]

June 9, 2025 By Ken Robinson, Director of Applied Technologies Read more...

Build America, Buy America: Resources for Understanding Compliance

The Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act was part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which authorized historic federal infrastructure spending that dedicated over $50 billion to water projects. Although BABA went into effect on May 14, 2022, only now are the first BABA projects in production as adjustment period waivers have mostly run their course. Some confusion over compliance remains, and [...]

May 8, 2025 By T.J. Stroebl, market development leader Read more...

Kurita’s Integrated Treatment System Provides Demineralized Water for Liquid Hydrogen Facility

A new liquid hydrogen production facility was built to meet increasing demand from fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Hydrogen is produced using steam, which requires demineralized water to protect asset integrity and product quality. The plant needed a robust pre-treatment system to convert the municipal water supply to suitable demineralized standards. Hydrogen is known as an “energy [...]

April 29, 2025 By T.J. Stroebl, market development leader Read more...

Regarding Security Incident at an Overseas Consolidated Subsidiary (Updated)

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Head office: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; President: Hirohiko Ejiri; hereinafter "Kurita") provides the update below on the incident that occurred at Kurita America Inc. (headquarters: Minnesota, United States; hereinafter "KAI"), a consolidated subsidiary in North America, during which a threat actor illegally accessed and infected our servers with ransomware in November 2024 [...]

April 16, 2025 Read more...

Kurita America Announces Todd Emslander as Successor to Retiring CEO Greg Becker

Kurita America, part of the Kurita Group, a leading global provider of industrial water treatment and process technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Todd Emslander as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective April 1, 2025. This announcement aligns with the planned retirement of his predecessor, Greg Becker, a 40-year veteran of the water treatment industry who has guided the company through [...]

April 1, 2025 Read more...