A joint effort of three continents, this book is about rational utilization of the fossil fuels for generation of heat or power. It provides a synthesis of two scientific traditions: the high-performance, but often proprietary, Western designs, and the elaborate national standards based on less advanced Eastern designs; it presents both in the same Western format. It is intended for engineers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in steam power plants, burners, or furnaces. The text uses a format of practice based on theory: each chapter begins with an explanation of a process, with basic theory developed from first principles; then empirical relationships are presented and, finally, design methods are explained by worked out examples. It will thus provide researchers with a resource for applications of theory to practice. Plant operators will find solutions to and explanations of many of their daily operational problems. Designers will find this book ready with required data, design methods and equations. Finally, consultants will find it very useful for design evaluation.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Great for design, but not operation.,
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This review is from: Boilers and Burners: Design and Theory (Mechanical Engineering Series) (Hardcover)
I read this book with hopes of some insight to operation experiences. The design explanations are very good for boiler and burner engineering.
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Errors,
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This review is from: Boilers and Burners: Design and Theory (Mechanical Engineering Series) (Hardcover)
This book is filled with more errors than one can count right from the beginning when the authors thank their "waves" to equations not unit balancing and mislabeled figures. I have given up correcting it with red pen. I just don't use it, I don't trust it.I feel I have wasted my money. I wish I just bought the B&W Steam Book. That is a fantastic book.
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Too cumbersome,
This review is from: Boilers and Burners: Design and Theory (Mechanical Engineering Series) (Hardcover)
Although the book is chock-full of equations (both empirical and derived) and qualitative graphs, I found that it has virtually no utility for the practical engineer. Add to this that nearly all of the units produced from the equations are in metric (a very annoying thing in the English-dominated power industry). In the book's defence, some of the theory was helpful in understanding how certain elements function on a technical level, but there were several errors and bizarre units. Clarifying the formulae into a form that is comprehensible takes a considerable amount of time by the reader. It's not a completely terrible book, but rather it was simply not what I needed.
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To generate steam or hot water fossil fuel boilers use the chemical energy from fuels. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
primary air nozzle, coal preparation systems, primary air rate, grate heat release rate, convective heated, steam mass fraction, excess air coefficient, expected normal temperature, convective heating surfaces, heat loss owing, rotary air heater, heat storage plates, local resistance factor, permissible gas velocity, primary air pipe, tangentially fired burners, primary air jet, primary air velocity, pulverizing system, atomizing quality, secondary air tube, platen region, tubular air heater, secondary air nozzles, allowable gas velocity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Tables of Design Data, Boiler Furnace Design Methods, Erosion Prevention, Greek Symbols, Design of Novel Burners, Science Press, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Design of Swirl Burner, Natural Circulation System, Design Principles of Oil Fired Boilers, Distribution of Heat Load, Gas-Solid Separators, Heat Atlas, Pergamon Press, Description of Boilers, General Descriptions, Name Sketch Local, Plan Area, Size-Reducing Machines, Step Parameter Symbol Unit Equation Value, Adjustment of Heat Absorption, Application Material, Basics of Fluidized Beds, Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology New!
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To generate steam or hot water fossil fuel boilers use the chemical energy from fuels. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
primary air nozzle, coal preparation systems, primary air rate, grate heat release rate, convective heated, steam mass fraction, excess air coefficient, expected normal temperature, convective heating surfaces, heat loss owing, rotary air heater, heat storage plates, local resistance factor, permissible gas velocity, primary air pipe, tangentially fired burners, primary air jet, primary air velocity, pulverizing system, atomizing quality, secondary air tube, platen region, tubular air heater, secondary air nozzles, allowable gas velocity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Tables of Design Data, Boiler Furnace Design Methods, Erosion Prevention, Greek Symbols, Design of Novel Burners, Science Press, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Design of Swirl Burner, Natural Circulation System, Design Principles of Oil Fired Boilers, Distribution of Heat Load, Gas-Solid Separators, Heat Atlas, Pergamon Press, Description of Boilers, General Descriptions, Name Sketch Local, Plan Area, Size-Reducing Machines, Step Parameter Symbol Unit Equation Value, Adjustment of Heat Absorption, Application Material, Basics of Fluidized Beds, Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology New!
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- Heat Transfer by Jack Holman on page 159, and page 344
- Principles of Analytical System Dynamics (Mechanical Engineering Series) by Richard A. Layton in Back Matter
- Balancing of High-Speed Machinery (Mechanical Engineering Series) by Mark S. Darlow in Front Matter
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- Combustion and Gasification in Fluidized Beds by Prabir Basu on page 208, page 251, and page 334
- Structural Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization 1 by Kyung K. Choi in Front Matter
- Manufacturing Systems: Theory and Practice (Mechanical Engineering Series) by George Chryssolouris in Front Matter
- Intermediate Dynamics: A Linear Algebraic Approach (Mechanical Engineering Series) by R.A. Howland in Front Matter
- Rotordynamics of Gas-Lubricated Journal Bearing Systems (Mechanical Engineering Series) by Krzysztof Czolczynski in Back Matter
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