New Heating Boiler Handbook: Selection, Structure, Installation, Operation, Maintenance

Author: Gao CaiPing
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is written in response to the current market demand for heating boilers (specifically, fuel and gas heating boilers) in terms of their selection, installation, operation, and maintenance. Its main content includes:
Basic knowledge of heating boilers;
Properties and treatment of working fluids;
Principles and structural characteristics of various types of boilers (hot water boilers, steam boilers, heat pipe atmospheric boilers, heat carrier heating furnaces, hot air furnaces);
Properties of fuels, mechanisms of fuel combustion, and structural characteristics of combustion equipment;
Automatic control systems, including the use of programmable controllers and distributed control systems for the full automatic control of boilers and the performance of main components;
Requirements for the installation, adjustment, operation, management, and maintenance of boilers;
Prevention of various boiler accidents and faults;
Generation and control of pollution during boiler operation, as well as thermal tests for boiler certification and acceptance.
This book also uses numerous charts and tables to illustrate the models and structures of various domestic and international heating boiler products, as well as the model and performance characteristics of fuel and gas burners, listing the names of their manufacturers for easy reference by boiler users when selecting, ordering, and maintaining them.
This book can serve as a training and self-study textbook for personnel involved in the selection, installation, scheduling, operation, management, and maintenance of boilers, as well as a reference book for design, manufacturing, and inspection personnel.