Boiler operator's handbook / by Kenneth E. Heselton, PE, CEM.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Front -- Table of Contents -- Preface To the Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Operating Wisely -- Boiler Plant Operations -- What the Wise Operator Knows -- Special Systems -- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning -- Maintenance -- Consumables -- Water Treatment -- Strength of Materials -- Plants and Equipment -- Controls -- Why They Fail -- Properties of Water and Steam -- Water Pressure per Foot Head -- Nominal Capacities of Pipe -- Properties of Pipe -- Secondary Ratings -- Pressure Ratings for Various Pipe Materials

Square Root Flow CurveSquare Root Graph Paper -- Viscosity Conversions -- Thermal Expansion of Materials -- Value Conversions -- Combustion and Efficiency Calculation Sheets -- Excess Air/O2 Curve -- Properties of Dowtherm A -- Properties of Dowtherm J -- Chemical Tank Mixing Table -- Suggested Mnemonic Abbreviations -- Specific Heats of Some Common Materials -- Design Temperatures and Degree Days -- Code Symbol Stamps -- Index

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