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Author Lindsley, David, 1937- author.

Title Thermal power plant control and instrumentation : the control of boilers and HRSG systems / David Lindsley, John Grist and Don Parker
Edition 2nd edition
Published London, United Kingdom : Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 325 pages) : illustrations
Series IET Energy Engineering ; 119
IET energy engineering series ; 119.
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
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
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
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
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
Notes Originally published in 2000
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from pdf title page (IET Digital Library, viewed September 10, 2018)
Subject Steam power plants.
Waste heat boilers.
steam power plants.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
Steam power plants
Waste heat boilers
boilers.
instrumentation.
power generation control.
thermal power stations.
Form Electronic book
Author Grist, John, author
Parker, Don, author
ISBN 9781785614200
1785614207
9781523119110
152311911X
Other Titles Power-plant control and instrumentation