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A boiler water treatment 279, 288 condensate system corrosion 280,
accuracy of sampling techniques 70 boiling point 1, 29, 119, 162, 164 285
acid 27, 74, 83, 120, 122, 148, 169, borasilicate 238 condensate system losses 45, 160,
179, 228, 233, 281 British thermal units 27, 29 215
acid corrosion 253 burner equipment checklist 92 continuous blowdown 83, 279, 280,
adjustable speed drives 155 burner register 106 287
adjusting boiler controls 104 continuous blowdown heat recov-
Affinity Laws 220 C ery 282
air infiltration 86, 185 calculating fuel savings 29, 183 controls to improve efficiency 85
air preheater 70, 123, 136, 138, 168, calculation 58 control system linearity 104, 122,
171, 231, 243 carbon as fuel 230 126
alkalinity 281, 282, 283, 288 carbon dioxide (CO ) 29, 54, 64, 65, conversion to oil 124
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American Boiler Manufacturers As- 66, 85, 100, 115, 149, 156, 157, corrosion 27, 29, 63, 83, 121, 122,
sociation (AMBA) 288 181, 184, 186, 230, 250, 253, 256, 138, 148, 155, 228, 230, 234, 235,
analysis 39, 52, 54, 65, 83, 85, 123, 257, 280, 281, 284 236, 237, 241, 243, 246, 257, 258,
149, 181 measurements 181 280, 282, 283, 284
analyze performance 39 reduction 32 cost of steam 121, 217, 264, 265, 272
analyzing costs 203 carbon monoxide (CO) 39, 56, 62, cross limiting controls 78, 81, 101,
anthracite coal 182, 193 63, 64, 65, 69, 71, 86, 87, 89, 100, 122, 128
as-found efficiency 21, 41, 183 101, 104, 115, 121, 125, 142, 202, cycles of concentration 145, 146,
atmospheric 1, 47, 48, 74, 120, 130, 243 279, 287
162, 166 trim 85, 122 increasing 145, 147
power burners 123, 132 carryover 13, 71, 105, 147, 149, 282,
pressure 213 283, 286 D
attemperator 8, 9 catalytic combustibles sensor 68 dangers of carbon monoxide 62
characterizable fuel valve 122 deareator 120, 148, 150, 162, 174,
B checklist 93, 122, 136, 140, 145, 149, 175, 281, 282, 283, 284
bare piping losses 48 159, 168, 177 desuperheater 56
basic firing rate control 77 chemical removal of oxygen from diaphragm traps 264
bellows steam traps 263 boiler feedwater 283 diffuser position 106
bimetallic traps 264 chimney effect 62, 130, 132 disc traps 250, 262, 265
blowdown control 83 close-coupled extractive analyzer distribution steam losses 213
blowdown heat recovery 148, 168, 67, 68 distribution system 1, 29, 74, 124,
174, 216, 217 coal particle size 106 140, 144, 155, 160, 164, 167, 249,
blowdown losses 40, 41, 63, 146, coefficient of performance 151, 152, 280, 281, 285
217, 279 178, 244 efficiency 45
boilers 21 cold-end corrosion 233, 243, 246 insulation losses 219
modern 1 cold end temperature control 73, 83 losses 50, 155
tuneup 89 combustibles 39, 54, 63, 64, 69, 70, dollar savings 37, 252
types of 1 71, 76, 85, 89, 105, 108, 115, 125, dry gas and moisture losses 54, 230
boiler efficiency 27, 32, 51, 56, 89, 129, 140, 142, 183
106, 116, 137, 140, 169, 186, 212, combustion controls 90, 91, 93, 101, E
232 104, 106 economic analysis 204
boiler plant calculations 181 combustion heat loss tables 54 economizer 10, 36, 70, 74, 90, 122,
boiler stack gas losses 182 combustion of oil 100 136, 168, 169, 176, 186, 203, 204,
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