This single-source compendium covers the fundamentals of boiler systems and gathers hard-to-find facts and observations for designing, constructing, and operating industrial power plants in the United States and overseas. Including a boiler operator's training guide, maintenance examples, and a checklist for troubleshooting, this valuable reference provides spreadsheets with formulas for saturated and superheated steam and the combustion of biomass fuels; discusses various causes of boiler smoke and steam drum water level shrink and swell; analyzes deaerator types and specifications; highlights minimum auto ignition temperatures; offers design notes from actual boiler jobs; and more.
