How is Expanding Food Processing Industry Driving Demand for Boilers?

The food processing industry has been registering significant growth over the past few years, majorly in emerging economies, which can be owing to the rising disposable income of people, changing lifestyle, and busier schedule. As the demand for ready-to-eat food products is growing, the need for increasing productivity in industries is growing as well. In addition to this, the requirement for machineries utilized in such industries, including boilers, is growing as well. An enclosed vessel which facilitates combustion for transferring heat to the water till it becomes steam or hot water, is referred to as a boiler. 

The steam or hot water then is utilized for transferring heat to a process, as the boiled water or steam increases by 1,600 times in volume, generating a force which is almost as explosive as gunpowder. As per a report by P&S Intelligence, the global boiler market is projected to advance at a substantial pace in the years to come. There are two major types of boilers, namely fire tube boiler and water tube boiler, between which, the demand for fire tube boilers has been higher up till now. This can be due to the low cost and extensive applications of these boilers. 

This being said, the demand for water tube boilers is also projected to rise considerably in the years to come. They are primarily utilized in less capacity sections, as the sizes of fire tube and other types of boilers has increased. Gas, solid, and liquid fuels are used in these boilers, and the utilization of gas fuel has been considerably high in the past few years. This can be ascribed to the strict government regulations implemented by governments for protecting the environment. For example, The Environmental Protection Agency has imposed regulations regarding emissions under national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants for some sources, including commercial, industrial, and process heaters and institutional boilers.

Different end users of boilers are oil & gas, chemical, food & beverages, power, and textile, out of which, the chemical industry made considerable use of boilers in the past. Boilers are widely used for managing heat requirements in several operations. Moreover, operational safety, low initial cost, and low capital outlay are also leading to the increasing demand for boilers in the chemical industry. Geographically, Asia-Pacific is projected to emerge as a major boiler market in the coming years, primarily because of the growing chemical, food & beverages, and power industries. 

Hence, the demand for boilers is growing due to the rapidly expanding food processing industry.