Control of Boilers

✍ Scribed by Dukelow, Sam G.

• Publisher: ISA
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 414
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This classic resource helps to reduce boiler operating costs through a detailed, comprehensive and applicable explanation of all aspects of boiler processes. It presents the basics of boiler control, the interrelationships of the process characteristics and the dynamics involved, with significant emphasis on start-up, shut-down, flame monitoring, and safety interlock measures. It is designed for professionals with a good understanding of boiler jargon, thermodynamics, control concepts, and math fundamentals.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter
Prefaces
• Table of Contents
• Interactive Graphs Table  (33) 1. Introduction
2. Boiler Basics and the Steaming Process
3. Performance and Input/Output Relationships
4. Basic Control Loops and Their System Interconnections
5. Combustion of Fuels, Excess Air, and Products of Combustion
6. Efficiency Calculations
7. The Steam Supply System
8. Firing Rate Demand for Industrial Boilers
9. Firing Rate Demand for Utility Boilers
10. Main Steam and Reheat Temperature Control
11. Boiler and Unit Interlocks
12. Feedwater Supply and Boiler Water Circulation Systems
13. Feedwater Control Systems
14. Boiler Draft Systems
15. Measurement and Control of Furnace Draft
16. Measurement and Control of Combustion Air Flow Plus Related Functions
17. Flue Gas Analysis Trimming of Combustion Control Systems
18. Fluid Fuel Burners for Gas, Oil, and Coal
19. Solid Fuel Burning Systems
20. Burner Management and Flame Safety Interlocks for Gas- and Fluid-Fired Boilers
21. Combustion Control for Liquid and Gaseous Fuel Boilers
22. Pulverized Coal and Cyclone Coal Burning Systems
23. Combustion Control for Cyclone and Pulverized Coal-Fired Boilers
24. Combustion Control for Stoker-Fired Boilers
25. Atmospheric Fluidized-Bed Boilers
26. Control System Complexity and Future Directions for Boiler Control
Index