Boilers A Practical Reference

Following the publication of the author’s first book, Boilers for Power and Process by CRC Press in 2009, several requests were made for a reference with even quicker access to information. Boilers: A Practical Reference is the result of those requests, providing a user-friendly encyclopedic format with more than 500 entries and nearly the same number of supporting illustrations.Written for practicing engineers and dealing with practical issues rather than theory, this reference focuses exclusively on water tube boilers found in process industries and power plants. It provides broad explanations for the following topics: A range of boilers and main auxiliaries, as well as steam and gas turbines Traditional firing techniques—grates, oil/gas, and modern systems Industrial, utility, waste heat, MSW and bio-fuel-fired boilers, including supercritical boilers The scientific fundamentals of combustion, heat transfer, fluid flow, and more The basics of fuels, water, ash, high-temperature steels, structurals, refractory, insulation, and more Additional engineering topics like boiler instruments, controls, welding, corrosion, and wear Air pollution, its abatement techniques and their effect on the design of boilers and auxiliaries Emerging technologies such as carbon capture, oxy-fuel combustion, and PFBC This reference covers almost every topic needed by boiler engineers in process and power plants. An encyclopedia by design and a professional reference book by focus and size, this volume is strong on fundamentals and design aspects as well as practical content. The scope and easy-to-navigate presentation of the material plus the numerous illustrations make this a unique reference for busy design, project, operation, and consulting engineers.

AAbrasion and Abrasion Index (see Wear)Absolute or Dynamic Viscosity (µ) (see Viscosity in Fluid Characteristics)Acid Cleaning (see Commissioning)Acid Rain (also see Air Pollution Emissions and Controls and Gas Cleaning)Acid Sludge (see Refuse Fuels from Refinery in Liquid Fuels)Acid Smuts (see Oil Ash)Acoustic Soot Blowers (see Sonic Horns)Acoustic Enclosure (see Noise Control)Acoustic Leak Detection SystemAdiabatic Flame Temperature (see Combustion)Aeroderivative (see Types of GTs in Turbines, Gas)Ageing of Boiler ComponentsAgro-Fuels and FiringAir Ducts (see Draught Plant)Air Flow Measurement (see Instruments for Measurement)Airheater (see also Backend Equipment in Heating Surfaces)Air Infiltration or Air Ingress in Boiler Setting (see Combustion)Air Nozzles (in FBC Boilers) (see Fluidised Bed Combustion)Air Pollution (see also Acid Rain, Emissions and Controls Gas Cleaning and Green House Gases)Air Registers (see Burners)Alkali Boil Out (see Commissioning)Allowable Stresses (see Pressure Part Design)Alloy Steels (see Metals)All Volatile Treatment (see Water)Alternate Fuel (see Fuel Firing Modes in Fuels)AltitudeAmbient ConditionsAngle of Repose (see Properties of Substances)Amines (see Water)AnthraciteAnti-Segregation Chute (see Grates)API Gravity (see Liquid fuels)Approach Temperature (see also (1) Steaming and Non-Steaming Economiser in conomiser Classification and (2) Thermal and Mechanical Design Aspects of HRSG)Arch-Fired Boilers (see Downshot or Arch-Fired Boilers in Utility Boilers)Arch Firing (see Arch Mounted/Downshot/Vertical Burners in Pulverised Fuel Burners)Ash (see also Coal Ash and Oil Ash)ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (see Boiler Codes)Ash Recirculation or Recycling or Re-InjectionAsphalt (see Liquid Fuels)Assisted Circulation or Full Load Recirculation (see Circulation)Atmospheric Fluidised Bed CombustionAtomisationAtomiserAtrita Mills (see Horizontal Mills under Pulverisers)Attemperator and Desuperheater (see also Control Valves in Valves)Austenitic Steels (see Stainless Steels in Metals)Automatic Combustion Control (see Control Range and Boiler Control)AuxiliariesAuxiliary Fuel (see Fuel Firing Modes in Fuels)Axial Fan (also see Fans)BBag Filter/Cloth Filter/Fabric Filter (see Dust Collection Equipment)Bagasse and Firing (see Agro-Fuels)Bagasse-Fired Boilers (see also Bagasse in Agro-Fuels and Grates)Ball and Racer Mill (see Pulverisers)Ball and Tube Mill (see Pulverisers)Ballast or Burden in Fuel (see Proximate Analysis in Coal)Banking of Boiler (see Operation and Maintenance Topics)Bark (see Agro-Fuels)BasaltBase–Acid Ratio in Coal Ash (see Ash)Base Fuel (see Fuel Firing Modes)Beater Wheel Mills (see Lignite)Belt Feeders in Pulverised Firing (see Fuel Feeders)Benson Boiler (see Once-Through Boiler)Bernoulli’s Equation (see Fluid Flow)Bi-Colour Gauges (see Direct Water Level Indicators)Bi-Drum Boilers (see Industrial Boilers)0-Fuels (see Agro-Fuels)BiomassBi-Metal Tubes (see Boiler Tubes under Materials of Construction)Birmingham Wire Gauge (BWG) (see Wire Gauge)Bitumen (see Liquid Fuels)Bituminous CoalBituminous Sands (see Liquid Fuels)Black Liquor (see Recovery Boiler and Kraft Process)Black Liquor Recovery Boiler (see Recovery Boiler)Black Body (see Heat Transfer)Blast Furnace Gas (see Gaseous Fuels)Blast Furnace Gas-Fired Boilers (see Waste Heat Boilers)Blowdown (also see Boiler Blowdown in Water and Safety Valves under Valves)Blowdown Tanks (also see Boiler Blowdown under the Topic of Water)Blowdown Steam RecoveryBlowing, Steam Line (see Commissioning)Blow Off (also see Blowdown Tanks and see Boiler Blowdown under the Topic of Water)Boil Out (see Commissioning)Boiler (or Steam Generator) (see also Boiler Classification)Boiler Bank or Convection Bank or Evaporator Bank (see Heating Surfaces)Boiler Bank Tubes (see Pressure Parts)Boiler Blowdown, Continuous and Intermittent (see Water)Boiler ClassificationBoiler CodesBoiler ControlBoiler Evaporation (see Boiler Steam Flow)Boiler Heat DutyBoiler HorsepowerBoiler IslandBoiler Layup (see Operation and Maintenance Topics)Boiler Mountings and Fittings (see Auxiliaries)Boiler Operating ModesBoiler Preservation (see Operation and Maintenance Topics)Boiler PressuresBoiler Quality Plates (see Materials of Construction)Boiler Rating (see also Boiler Steam Flow)Boiler ScopeBoiler Specifications (see Boiler Steaming Conditions)Boiler Start up (see Commissioning)Boiler Steam FlowBoiler Steaming Conditions/ParametersBoiler Steam TemperaturesBoiler Storage (see Operation and Maintenance Topics)Boiler Supporting (see Structure)Boiler Tubes (see Materials of Construction)Boiler Types (see Boiler Classification)Boiling (see Properties of Steam and Water)Bomb Calorimeter (see Measurement of Fuel cv by Bomb Calorimeter under Instruments and Measurements)Bottom Ash (see Ash: Bottom and Fly)Bottom-Supported Boiler (see Structure)Bourdon Gauge (see Pressure Measurement under Instruments and Measurements)Brayton Cycle or Joule Cycle (see Thermodynamic Cycles)Breechings (see Flues and Ducts in Draught Plant)BRIL (see also Refractory, Insulation and Lagging)Brinnel Hardness Test (see Testing of Materials [Metals])Brittleness (see Metal Properties)Brown Coal (see Lignite)Bubble Flow (see Flow of Liquids)Bubbling Fluidised-Bed Combustion (see also Fluidisation, Fluidised-Bed Combustion and Circulating Fluidised-Bed Combustion)Bubbling Fluidised-Bed Combustion BoilersBuckstays (see Furnace Pressure in Heating Surfaces)Burden in Fuel (see Ballast in Proximate Analysis in Coal)Burners (see 1. Oil and Gas Burners, 2. Pulverised Fuel Burners, 3. Lignite and Brown Coal Firing and 4. Low NOx Burners)Burner Management System (see Operation and Maintenance Topics)Bypass Stack (see Draught Plant)CCalcination Reaction (see Desulphurisation)Calorific Value of Fuels (see Thermodynamic Properties)Calorimeter (see Steam Quality Measurement under Instruments and Measurements)CalorisingCapillarity or Capillary Action (see Fluid Properties under Fluid Characteristics)Carbon Monoxide (see Air Pollution)Carbon Monoxide Fuel Gas (see Gaseous Fuels)Carbon Residue (see Fuel Properties under Liquid Fuels)Carbon Steels (see Metals)Carbon Sequestration and StorageCarnot Cycle (see Thermodynamic Cycles)Carry over (see Steam Purity)Cast Iron (see Metals)Castings (see Metals)Caustic Embrittlement or Caustic Stress Corrosion (see Water)Cavitation (also see Control Valves under Valves)Ceramic Fibre Lining (see Insulating Materials)Chang Cycle or Steam Injected Gas Turbine Cycle (see GT Performance under Turbines, Gas)Char or Fixed Carbon (see Coal Analyses under Coal)Charpy Test (see Impact Testing of Metals [Charpy and Izod] under Testing of Materials)Chemical Dosing of Boilers (see Water Treatment)Chemical Cleaning of Boilers (see Commissioning)Chimney (see Stack)Chimney Effect (see Stack Effect)Choked Flow Condition (see Flow Types in Vertical and Horizontal Tubes)Chordal Thermocouple (see Temperature Measurement under Instruments for Measurements)Chromising (see Boiler Tubes in Materials of Construction)Circulating Fluidised-Bed Combustion (also see Fluidisation, Fluidised-Bed Combustion and Bubbling Fluidised-Bed Combustion)Circulating Fluidised-Bed Combustion Boilers (also see Utility Circulating Fluidised-Bed Combustion Boilers)Circofluid or Cold Circulating Fluidised-Bed Combustion System (also see Fluidised-Bed Combustion, Circulating)CirculationClad Tubes (see Boiler Tubes under Materials of Construction)Cladding (see Lagging)Clean Coal CombustionClinker (see Ash)Cloth Filter (see Dust Collection Equipment)CoalCoal Ash (see Ash, Oil Ash)Coal Bed Methane Coal Bed Methane (see Gaseous Fuels)Coal Pipes (see Pulverised Fuel Piping)Coal Tar (see Liquid Fuels)Co-Firing/Co-CombustionCarbon Monoxide Gas (see Gaseous Fuels)Carbon Monoxide Boilers (see Waste Heat Boilers)Cogen Cycle (see Thermodynamic Cycles)CokeCoke BreezeCoke Oven Gas (see Gaseous Fuels)Coke Oven Gas-Fired Boilers (see Waste Heat Recovery Boilers)Coking C

Kumar Rayaprolu has had an uninterrupted association with boilers for over four decades and has naturally developed some deep technical and business insights. He has gathered a well-rounded and overall experience of design, development, engineering, project execution, estimation, proposals, marketing, manufacturing, and commissioning. He was a business head for more than 15 years but managed to retain engineering function all through his career. The author’s first book on boilers, Boilers for Power and Process, was published in April 2009 by CRC Press and was well received. This is his second book.