Standard Boiler Operators' Question And Answers

Contributing Editor, Power magazine; Licensed Chief Marine Steam Engineer, Oceans; Unlimited Horespower; Licensed as Regular Instructor of Vocational High School, New York State; Member, National Insitute for the Uniform Licensing of Power Engineers, Inc., honorary Chief Engineer. Anthony Kohan is a consultant with more than 30 years of experience as a technician, tester, and inspector of boiler pressure vessels and machinery. He was formerly the manager of the boiler and machinery technical specialty at the Royal Insurance Co. Mr. Kohan is the author or co-author of Standard Boiler Room Questions and Answers, Standard Heating and Power Boiler Plant Questions and Answers, Pressure Vessel Systems, and Plant Services and Operations Handbook, all published by McGraw-Hill.

• PrefaceChapter 1. Usage and ApplicationChapter 2. Heat Transfer and DesignChapter 3. Fire-Tube BoilersChapter 4. Water-Tube BoilersChapter 5. Cast-Iron and Heating BoilersChapter 6. Special BoilersChapter 7. Construction: Methods of JoiningChapter 8. Pressure, Stresses, and ForcesChapter 9. Boiler Strength CalculationChapter 10. Fuels, Firing, and CombustionChapter 11. Combustion Safeguards and ControlsChapter 12. Instruments and ControlsChapter 13. Safety AppurtenancesChapter 14. Boiler OperationChapter 15. Boiler-Water TreatmentChapter 16. Maintenance, Inspection, and RepairChapter 17. Nuclear Power ReactorsChapter 18. Boiler-Room ManagementIndex