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Advantages and disadvantages of water tube boilers over fire tube boilers
Advantages water tube boilers 1. Steam can be generated at very high pressures. 2. Heating surface is…
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Babcock and Wilcox Boiler
It is a water tube boiler used in steam power plants. In this, water is…
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Steam (Thermal) power Plant
A steam power plant, also known as thermal power plant, is using steam as working…
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Hazardous Area Classification
Area Classification The type of protective technique selected and the level of protection it must…
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HRSG Duct Burner – Combustion Air
Combustion Air and Turbine Exhaust Gas Temperature and Composition Oxygen used for supplementary firing in…
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Igniter Classification
Igniter: A permanently installed device that provides proven ignition energy to light off the main…
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ASH SCREW COOLER
1.1. Bottom Ash is discharge from the bottom of the combustor to maintain the required inventory.…
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DESIGN OF HEATING SURFACES
The first step in the design of heating surfaces is determining the heat duties of…
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PRINCIPLE OF CIRCULATION
1. Principles of Circulation Subcooled FW enters the drum, mixes with the circulating boiler water,…
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Boiler Feedwater Pump Balancing Line
Due to pressure difference across the pump there is always thrust on the rotor toward…