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BOILER HOUSE PRACTICE

by J.N. Williams

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st. 1953

Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. 'Up-to-the-minute' information and descriptions of the recent developments in boiler house practice. Light grey cloth with red title to spine. 600 pages, including index. Top edge dyed red. B/w diagrams.

Bumping to corners. Some fading to cover edges. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and torn with chips; a little loss; some browning and scuffs.

Stock no. 2126563

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Contents

  • Preface
  • The Theory of Combustion
  • The Practice of Combustion
  • Heat Transmission
  • Steam
  • Shell Boilers
  • Furnaces and Grates for Shell Boilers
  • Boiler Operation (1) - Shell Boilers
  • Water-Tube Boilers
  • Mechanical Stokers
  • Superheaters, Economisers and Air-Heaters
  • Boiler Operation (2) - Water-Tube Boilers
  • Coal Storage and Handling
  • Coal
  • Coke and Coke Breeze
  • Oil-Fired Boilers
  • Pulverised Fuel Firing
  • Boiler Control
  • Water
  • Boiler Feeding
  • Refractory, Insulating Materials and Lagging
  • Chimney Emissions
  • Flue Gas Cleaning
  • The Cleaning Maintenance of Boilers
  • Measurements and Tests
  • Finale
  • Appendix
  • Index

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