About Us

Introducing Le Roux Combustion

At Le Roux Combustion we pride ourselves in providing expert boiler efficiency and control systems and services, developed and proven over almost 40 years of involvement in the operation, maintenance, control and management of packaged coal steam boilers. We are also well experienced in the control of Dutch Oven biomass fired boilers and firing of sunflower husk in packaged coal boilers.

The director of the company is René Le Roux, who graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch. He also registered as a professional engineer and holds a Government Certificate of Competency (Factories). His experience spans a wide range of mechanical engineering disciplines, including HVAC, maintenance management and steam generation.

During the course of his career he gained vast experience in the control of coal and and biomass fuel (wood and sunflower husk) combustion. His main field of expertise is with combustion control applications, efficiency assessment and energy loss determination, coal characterization and combustion related training at managerial level.