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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818224003321

Autore

Heselton Kenneth E. <1943->

Titolo

Boiler operator's handbook / / by Kenneth E. Heselton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lilburn, Georgia : , : The Fairmont Press, Inc. : , : CRC Press, , 2014

Boca Raton, Florida ; ; London, England : , : Taylor & Francis Ltd., , [date of distribution not identified]

©2014

ISBN

1-68015-479-6

0-88173-731-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (503 p.)

Disciplina

621.1/94

Soggetti

Steam-boilers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front ""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface To the Second Edition""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Operating Wisely""; ""Boiler Plant Operations""; ""What the Wise Operator Knows""; ""Special Systems""; ""Refrigeration and Air Conditioning""; ""Maintenance""; ""Consumables""; ""Water Treatment""; ""Strength of Materials""; ""Plants and Equipment""; ""Controls""; ""Why They Fail""; ""Properties of Water and Steam""; ""Water Pressure per Foot Head""; ""Nominal Capacities of Pipe""; ""Properties of Pipe""; ""Secondary Ratings""; ""Pressure Ratings for Various Pipe Materials""

""Square Root Flow Curve""""Square Root Graph Paper""; ""Viscosity Conversions""; ""Thermal Expansion of Materials""; ""Value Conversions""; ""Combustion and Efficiency Calculation Sheets""; ""Excess Air/O2 Curve""; ""Properties of Dowtherm A""; ""Properties of Dowtherm J""; ""Chemical Tank Mixing Table""; ""Suggested Mnemonic Abbreviations""; ""Specific Heats of Some Common Materials""; ""Design Temperatures and Degree Days""; ""Code Symbol Stamps""; ""Index""