Practical Guide to Industrial Boiler Systems

by Ralph Vandagriff

Overview

This volume covers the fundamentals of boiler systems and gathers hard-to-find facts and observations for designing, constructing and operating industrial power plants in the United States and overseas. It contains formulas and spreadsheets outlining combustion points of natural gas, oil and solid fuel beds. It also includes a boiler operator's training guide, maintenance examples, and a checklist for troubleshooting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824705329
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/2001
Series:	Mechanical Engineering Series , #136
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Vandagriff, Ralph

Table of Contents

Experience; general data; gas and oil fuels; solid fuels; steam boiler feedwater; boiler feedwater pumps; stack gases; flows; energy saving; electricity generation and cogeneration.

Editorial Reviews

Vandagriff (steam and power consultant in Arkansas) compiled this guide to serve as a comprehensive reference for the power engineer, operators, and maintenance crew who work with boilers; it will be useful as well to management, safety, and supervisory personnel; and power engineering students. The volume contains numerous spreadsheets, tables, and figures to supplement the detailed text which covers the formulas for steam, the combustion of biomass fuels, boiler house energy loss and recovery methods, compressed air system problems and solutions, causes of boiler smoke and steam drum water shrink and swell, deaerator types and specifications, minimum auto ignition temperatures, and design notes from boiler jobs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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