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Fair Value (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Asset transfers between levels			$ 0	$ 0
Liability transfers between levels			0	0
Carrying Amount
Fair value of other financial liabilities
Fair value of debt instruments		$ 372,100,000	372,100,000	719,500,000
Power segment
Fair value of other financial liabilities
Impairment charge	[1]		13,700,000
Cooling
Fair value of other financial liabilities
Impairment charges				18,000,000
Balcke Duerr Reporting Unit | Power segment
Fair value of other financial liabilities
Impairment charge			13,700,000
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Other current assets — FX embedded derivatives | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative assets		0	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Other assets — FX embedded derivatives | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative assets		0	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Accrued expenses — FX forward contracts, FX embedded derivatives and commodity contracts | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative liability		0	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Other long-term liabilities — FX embedded derivatives and FX forward contracts | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative liability		0	0	0
Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Other current assets — FX embedded derivatives | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative assets		8,000,000	8,000,000	4,100,000
Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Other assets — FX embedded derivatives | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative assets		3,100,000	3,100,000	1,200,000
Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Accrued expenses — FX forward contracts, FX embedded derivatives and commodity contracts | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative liability		(6,600,000)	(6,600,000)	(9,400,000)
Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Other long-term liabilities — FX embedded derivatives and FX forward contracts | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative liability		(1,300,000)	(1,300,000)	(700,000)
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Power segment | Trademarks
Fair value of other financial liabilities
Impairment charge related to trademarks				10,900,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Balcke Duerr Reporting Unit
Fair value of other financial liabilities
Impairment charge		13,700,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Other current assets — FX embedded derivatives | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative assets		0	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Other assets — FX embedded derivatives | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative assets		0	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Accrued expenses — FX forward contracts, FX embedded derivatives and commodity contracts | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative liability		0	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Other long-term liabilities — FX embedded derivatives and FX forward contracts | Recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Fair value of derivative liability		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
[1] The balance at December 31, 2015 includes $10.7 related to our dry cooling business. As previously noted, the assets and liabilities of the dry cooling business have been classified as "held for sale" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2015. See Note 4 for information on the assets and liabilities of the dry cooling business as of December 31, 2015.

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