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Ken Heselton, P.E., C.E.M.

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This book was written specifically for boiler plant operators and supervisors who want to learn how to lower plant operating costs, as well as how to operate the plant of all types and sizes more wisely. Going beyond the basics of "keeping the pressure up," the author explains in clear terms how to set effective priorities to assure optimum plant operation, including safety, continuity of operation, damage prevention, managing environmental impact, training replacement plant operators, logging and preserving historical data, and operating the plant economically. The book can also serve as an important reference for managers and superintendents who are interesting in reducing a facility's operating expense.

ISBN: 0-88173-434-9
8½ x 11, 401 pp., Illus., Hardcover
ORDER CODE: 0532

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CONTENTS

1 – Operating Wisely
Why Wisely? • Prioritizing • Safety • Measurements • Flow • What Happens Naturally • Water, Steam & Energy • Combustion • The Central Boiler Plant • Electricity • Documentation • Standard Operating Procedures • Disaster Plans • Logs

2 – Operations
Operating Modes • Valve Manipulation • New Startup • Dead Plant Startup • Normal Boiler Startup • Emergency Boiler Startup • Normal Operation • Idle Equipment • Superheating • Switching Fuels • Standby Operation • Rotating boilers • Bottom Blowoff • Annual Inspection • Operating During Maintenance & Repairs • Lay-up • Tune-ups • Auxiliary Turbines

3 – What the Wise Operator Knows
Know Your Load • Know Your Plant • Matching Equipment to the Load • Efficiency • Performance Monitoring • Modernizing & Upgrading

4 – Special Systems
Vacuum Systems • Hydronic Heating • High Temperature Hot Water • Organic Fluid Heaters & Vaporizers • Service Water Heating • Waste Heat Service

5 – Maintenance
Maintenance • Cleaning • Instructions & Specifications • Lock-out, Tag-out • Lubrication • Insulation • Refractory • Packing • Controls & Instrumentation • Lighting & Electrical Equipment • Miscellaneous • Replacements • Maintaining Efficiency • Records

6 – Consumables
Fuels • Fuel Gases • Oils • Coal • Other Solid Fuels • Water • Treatment Chemicals • Miscellaneous

7 – Water Treatment
Water Treatment • Water Testing • Pretreatment • Feedwater Tanks & Deaerators • Blowdown • Chemical Treatment • Preventing Corrosion • Preventing Scale Formation

8 – Strength of Materials
Strength of Materials • Stress • Cylinders Under Internal Pressure • Cylinders Under External Pressure • Piping Flexibility

9 – Plants & Equipment
Types of Boiler Plants • Boilers • Heat Transfer in Boilers • Circulation • Construction • Boiler, Cast Iron & Tubeless • Firetube Boilers • Watertube Boilers • Trim • Heat Traps • Burners • Pumps • Fans & Blowers • Cogeneration

10 – Controls
The Basics • Self Contained Controls • Linearity • Steam Pressure Maintenance • Fluid Temperature Maintenance • Fluid Level Maintenance • Burner Management • Firing Rate Control • Low Fire Start • High-Low • Burner Cutout • Jackshaft Control • Establishing Linearity • Startup Control • Parallel Positioning • Inferential Metering • Steam Flow / Air Flow • Full Metering Cross Limited • Dual Fuel Firing • Choice Fuel Firing • Oxygen Trim • Combustibles Trim • Draft Control • Feedwater Pressure Control • Instrumentation

11 – Why They Fail
A Little Bit of History • Low Water • Thermal Shock • Corrosion & Wear • Operator Error & Poor Maintenance

Appendices, Bibliography Index
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