Over thirty years ago, Clayton developed a line of exhaust gas steam generators for the marine industry. Today, Clayton offers a full line of heat recovery systems for marine, industrial, and power plant applications (co-generation). Our products are in operation around the world, recovering heat from engines, turbines, ovens, and furnaces. The heat input can be as little as 250 °C (482 °F) or as much as 1,200 °C (2,292 °F)

The Clayton Exhaust Gas Boiler consists of a number of sections. Each section contains four to six spirally wound ?pancakes?. The sections are stacked between inlet and outlet cones to provide efficient gas flow, heat transfer, and steam or hot water production. The Specifications page provides performance envelopes for our most common models.

Co-generation is the most popular use for the Clayton Heat Recovery/Exhaust Gas Steam Generator. These systems are operating on the world?s finest reciprocating engines, burning natural gas, diesel and heavy fuel oil. The heat recovered can be used solely for the engine plant, in the case of heavy oil fired engines, or can be provided for a factory?s process and production needs.

The unique controlled circulation, counter-flow design offers significant advantages to our customers. The Clayton system is simple, durable and very reliable. The boiler is compact, easy to clean and can be run dry up to 450 °C (842 °F).

Clayton provides units in a variety of steam/water flow configurations. The primary systems are:

  • The R-System that is designed to eliminate concern about dew point corrosion (with heavy fuel oil), by providing elevated feedwater temperatures through a re-circulation flow.

  • The E-System that provides efficient heat transfer with a simple once through design.

  • The Lamont System that provides a split flow design for greater heat absorption when large amounts of exhaust gases and steam production is required.

  • The Combi-System that is designed to incorporate an exhaust gas boiler and fired steam generator sharing a common steam drum. The Combi-Sytem can be used when the prime source of heat is insufficient for the steam demand or when the prime source of heat is intermittent.

The Clayton Engineering staff will propose the system that best fits your needs.

The key features of our units and the advantages that they provide are:

Counter Flow Compact Design
Maximum Thermal Efficiency
Low Water Content
Rapid Start-Up
Plain Tubes Minimum Fire Risk
Easy To Clean
Low Surface Temperature
Low Exhaust Gas Pressure Drop
Staggered Configuration
of Tubes 		High Heat Transfer
Minimum Soot Build-Up
Forced Circulation No Water Level Inside the Boiler
Free Choice of Direction of Both Gas and Water
High Heat Transfer
Spirally Wound Tubes Free Expansion
Dry Running Possible Up to 450 Degrees C
Modular Design Short Delivery Time
No need to re-design for each application