Boiler Operation Engineering : Questions and Answers, 3rd Edition

This exhaustively written treatise on steam – its generation and uses – is essentially a self-learning guide presented in question-answer form. The book addresses almost all the information necessary for Boiler Operators and Designers.

Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
Nomenclature

Chapter 1 : Boilers
Chapter 2 : High-Pressure Boilers
Chapter 3 : Boiler Auxiliaries
Chapter 4 : Boiler Mountings and Accessories
Chapter 5 : Boiler Operations, Inspection and Maintenance
Chapter 6 : Boiler Control
Chapter 7 : Boiler Calculations
Chapter 8 : Draught
Chapter 9 : Primary Fuels
Chapter 10 : Principles of Combustion
Chapter 11 : The Chemistry of Combustion
Chapter 12 : Coal Pulverization
Chapter 13 : Pulverized Coal-Fired Furnaces
Chapter 14 : Upgrading PC-Fired Boilers
Chapter 15 : Stoker-Fired Boilers
Chapter 16 : Fuel Oil and Gas Fired Furnaces
Chapter 17 : Low NOx Burners
Chapter 18 : Emission Control
Chapter 19 : Dust Collection
Chapter 20 : Ash Handling System
Chapter 21 : Carryover, Scale and Sludge
Chapter 22 : Steam Contamination and its Control
Chapter 23 : Prevention of Deposit Formation in Boiler Units
Chapter 24 : Characteristics of Steam-Water Flow
Chapter 25 : Temperature Conditions and Heat Transfer
Chapter 26 : Hydrodynamics of Closed Hydraulic System
Chapter 27 : Deaeration and Deoxygenation
Chapter 28 : Cooling Water Treatment and Cooling Tower
Chapter 29 : Water Treatment and Demineralization
Chapter 30 : Reverse Osmosis
Chapter 31 : Scaling of Fireside of Heating Surfaces
Chapter 32 : Corrosion of Waterside Heating Surfaces
Chapter 33 : Corrosion of Fireside Heating Surfaces
Chapter 34 : Evaporators
Chapter 35 : Superheaters
Chapter 36 : Economizers and Air Heaters
Chapter 37 : Steam Condensers
Chapter 38 : Steam Turbines
Chapter 39 : Cycles for Steam Power Plants
Chapter 40 : Heat Recovery Steam Generators and Combined Cycles
Chapter 41 : Boiler Design
Chapter 42 : Nuclear Steam Generators
Chapter 43 : Energy From Waste
Chapter 44 : NDE and Condition Monitoring

Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
Appendix V
Appendix VI
Appendix VII
Appendix VIII
Appendix IX
Appendix X
Appendix XI
Appendix XII
Appendix XIII
Appendix XIV
Appendix XV
References
Index