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Workbook for Low Pressure Boilers

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This is among the best written books on the topic I've come across. It is easily understood and has many diagrams and photos to help explain the principles. Chapters arrangement covers all the workings of boilers from the physical properties of steam to the boiler to safety issues for the boiler room. Many states recommend the book as a resource in preparing for boiler exams.

Some of the chapters belabor their points too much. For example, the fuel chapter becomes monotonous due to its length. Some of the topics are in the "who cares" catagory. Others are short and to the point. I'm not sure why the author took so much time in making his points in the long chapters.

Another peculiarity is the chapter on cooling systems. This is, after all, a book on boilers so is a cooling chapter really necessary? I doubt it.

I can't comment on the CD-ROM as I've not actually used it. In fact I haven't even taken it from its pouch. Maybe I'll update this review if I ever use the disk.

All in all this is a very good book and I've even incorporated its theories into in-house training programs for my mechanical staff.

ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK THE ISBN # WHEN YOU ORDER A BOOK!! I assumed that when I typed in the ISBN # that Amazon would only produce the books with matching #s. I was wrong. Amazon brings up all books with the same name NOT the same ISBN #. I just spent $40+ dollars on a book that is outdated. I realize that most editions are very close in content but this could cause some real issues for somebody. The book holds a lot of good information otherwise.