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Publisher's Noteguaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The essential reference On the Job, On the Exam Boiler Operations Questions and Answers Second Edition Want to specify, operate, or troubleshoot a boiler system--fast? Whether you're an operator, inspector, maintenance engineer, or technician, this guide's your direct route to the answers you need in day-to-day boiler and pressure vessel operations. Chances are, any question that's likely to come up--whether it's on processes, equipment, safety, water treatment, steam generation, fuels, maintenance, inspection, repair, or some other issue--is answered in these pages.And this book's more than 3000 questions and answers closely parallel those you'll encounter on ASME's Boiler Operator's Exam, making Boiler Operations Questions and Answers a perfect study tool that helps you make the grade. With this unique guide, you can:*Solve mathematical problems step by step with 150 worked examples*Update your Boiler Code expertise with a guide that includes all the latest changes*Learn, remember, and apply the material more easily with 400+ illustrations*Turn to reference sections and tables for quick access to data, definitions, and formulas*Discover expert answers on all boiler and pressure vessel issues, from combustion through corrosion and nuclear generation Accessories Air Heaters Analytic Procedures Ash Handling Auxiliaries Calculations Chemical Treatments Circulation Combustion Condensers Contamination Corrosion Cycles Demineralization Deposits Draft Dust Collection Economizers Energy from Waste Evaporators Feed water Treatment Generators Heat Transfer Heating Surfaces High-Pressure Hydraulic Systems Inspection Maintenance Materials Mountings Nuclear Generation Pollution Control Scaling Sludge Specific Heats Specifications Super heaters Temperature Control Turbines Water Treatment
Contents
1-Boilers 2-High Pressure Boilers 3-Boiler Auxiliaries 4-Boiler Mountings and Accessories 5-Boiler Operation Inspection and Maintenance 6-Boiler Calculations 7-Draught 8-Primary Fuels 9-Principles of Combustion 10-The Chemistry of Combustion 11-Coal Pulverization 12-Pulverized Coal Fired Furnaces 13-Fuel Oil and Gas Fired Furnaces 14-Dust Collection 15-Ash Handling System 16-Carryover, Scale and Sludge 17-Steam Contamination and its Control 18-Prevention of Deposit Formation in Boiler Units 19-Characteristics of Steam-water Flow 20-Temperature Conditions and Heat Transfer 21-Hydrodynamics of Closed Hydraulic Systems 22-Deaeration and Deoxygenation 23-Water Treatment and Demineralization 24-Scaling of Fireside of Heating Surfaces 25-Corrosion of Waterside Heating Surfaces 26-Corrosion of Fireside Heating Surfaces 27-Evaporators 28-Superheaters 29-Economizers and Air Heaters 30-Steam Condensors 31-Steam Turbines 32-Cycles for Steam Power Plants 33-Boiler Design 34-Nuclear Steam Generators 35-Energy from Waste Appendix I-Mean Specific Heats of Selected Gases, Heat Contents of Different Gases at Various Temperatures Appendix II-Internal Treatment of Boiler Feedwater by Chemicals, BFW Specifications for Natural Circulation Boilers, BFW Specifications for Once-Through Boiler Units, Characteristics of Natural Water, Analytical Procedures Appendix III-Materials of Construction for Boilers and Auxiliaries Appendix IV-Formation of Coal Appendix V-Determination of Gross Calorific Value of Coal Appendix VI-Environmental Pollution and its Control in Boiler Plants Appendix VII-SI ConversionsNER(01): WOW
