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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
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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
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