A joint effort of three continents, this book is about rational utilization of the fossil fuels for generation of heat or power. It provides a synthesis of two scientific traditions: the high-performance, but often proprietary, Western designs, and the elaborate national standards based on less advanced Eastern designs; it presents both in the same Western format. It is intended for engineers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in steam power plants, burners, or furnaces. The text uses a format of practice based on theory: each chapter begins with an explanation of a process, with basic theory developed from first principles; then empirical relationships are presented and, finally, design methods are explained by worked out examples. It will thus provide researchers with a resource for applications of theory to practice. Plant operators will find solutions to and explanations of many of their daily operational problems. Designers will find this book ready with required data, design methods and equations. Finally, consultants will find it very useful for design evaluation.
Series Preface
Preface
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : General Design Considerations
Chapter 3 : Fuel and Combustion Calculations
Chapter 4 : Coal Preparation System for Boilers
Chapter 5 : Design of Oil Burners
Chapter 6 : Boiler Furnace Design Methods
Chapter 7 : Convective Heating Surfaces
Chapter 8 : Swirl Burner
Chapter 9 : Design of Novel Burners
Chapter 10 : Tangentially Fired Burners
Chapter 11 : Fluidized Bed Boilers
Chapter 12 : Steam-Water Circulation in Boiler
Chapter 13 : Forced-Circulation for Supercritical or Subcritical Boilers
Chapter 14 : Corrosion and Fouling of Heat Transfer Surfaces
Chapter 15 : Erosion Prevention in Boiler
Chapter 16 : Pressure Drop in Gas and Air Ducts
Chapter 18 : Mechanical Design of Pressure Parts
Chapter 19 : Tables of Design Data
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