| Edition |
2nd edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 325 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
IET Energy Engineering ; 119
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IET energy engineering series ; 119.
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| Note |
First published in 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Diagrammatic symbols; Abbreviations and terms used in this book; 1. The basics of steam generation and use -- David Lindsley; 1.1 Why an understanding of steam is needed; 1.2 Boiling: the change of state from water to steam; 1.3 The nature of steam; 1.3.1 The Carnot cycle; 1.3.2 The Rankine cycle; 1.4 Thermal efficiency; 1.5 The gas turbine and combined-cycle plants; 1.6 Summary; Reference; 2. The steam and water circuits -- David Lindsley and Don Parker; 2.1 Steam generation and use; 2.2 Drum boilers and HRSGs. |
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2.3 Once-through boilers and OTSGs2.4 The steam turbine; 2.5 The condensate and feedwater system; 2.5.1 The deaerator; 2.6 The feed pumps and valves; 2.7 The water and steam circuits of HRSG plant; 2.8 Summary; 3. The fuel, air and flue-gas circuits -- David Lindsley and John Grist; 3.1 The furnace; 3.1.1 Firing arrangements and burners; 3.1.2 Wall-fired boilers and wall burners; 3.1.3 Corner-fired boilers and tilting burners; 3.1.4 Downshot (also down-fired or W-fired) boilers and their burners; 3.1.5 OFA and boosted OFA; 3.2 The air and gas circuits; 3.2.1 The air heater; 3.2.2 Types of fan. |
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3.2.3 Final elements for draught control3.3 Fuel systems; 3.3.1 Coal firing (PF); 3.3.2 Waste-to-energy plants; 3.4 Igniter systems; 3.5 Burner management systems; 3.5.1 Furnace purge and fuel oil leak tests; 3.5.2 Starting the oil burners; 3.5.3 Starting and stopping a mill; 3.5.4 Fuel oil trip; 3.5.5 Master fuel trip; 3.5.6 Boiler trip; 3.5.7 Special considerations for external plant; 3.5.8 Special considerations for downshot or W-fired boilers; 3.6 Ancillary systems; 3.7 Gas turbines in combined-cycle applications; 3.8 Summary; Reference. |
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4. Setting the demand for the steam generator -- David Lindsley and Don Parker4.1 Nature of the demand; 4.2 Setting the demand in power station applications; 4.2.1 Operation of the UK electricity trading system; 4.2.2 Frequency response services; 4.3 The master demand in a power station application; 4.3.1 Boiler-following operation; 4.3.2 Turbine-following operation; 4.3.3 Coordinated unit control; 4.3.4 Relative performance; 4.4 Load demand in CHP plants; 4.5 WTE plants; 4.6 Heat recovery steam generators; 4.7 Summary; 5. Combustion and draught control -- David Lindsley and John Grist. |
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Part 1: Control5.1 The principles of combustion control; 5.1.1 Cross-limited control; 5.1.2 Multiple fuel sources; 5.2 Working with multiple fuels; 5.3 The control of mills or pulverisers; 5.3.1 The 'load line'; 5.3.2 Mill control strategies; 5.3.3 Fuel quality factor; 5.3.4 Mill temperature control; 5.3.5 Controlling multiple mills and multiple fuels; 5.4 Air distribution and pressure control; 5.5 NOx control; 5.6 Maintaining the furnace draught; 5.7 Cross-over pressure control; 5.8 Binary control of the combustion system; 5.8.1 Burner management systems (BMS) and plant safety. |
| Summary |
Power-plant Control and Instrumentation, 2nd edition - contents include a wide variety of plant and combustion arrangements, from smaller boiler systems to full-scale generators, common principles, commercial aspects, measurement, and key techniques such as cogeneration and combined cycle. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Steam power plants.
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Steam power plants. |
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Waste heat boilers.
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Waste heat boilers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Grist, John (Control and instrumentation expert), author.
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Parker, Don (Engineer), author.
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| Added Title |
Power-plant control and instrumentation
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lindsley, David, 1937- Power-plant control and instrumentation. Thermal power plant control and instrumentation. 2nd edition. London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2018 1785614193 (OCoLC)1080091772 |
| ISBN |
9781785614200 (electronic book) |
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1785614207 (electronic book) |
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9781523119110 (electronic book) |
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152311911X (electronic book) |
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9781785614194 |
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1785614193 |
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