Practical Boiler Operation Engineering and Power Plant

by Amiya Ranjan Mallick

About the Book: Practical Boiler Operation Engineering and Power Plant: 3rd Edition This book, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive presentation of the fundamental aspects of various processes operated in a thermal power plant. The major thrust in the book is given on the hands-on procedure to deal with the normal and emergency situations during plant operation. Beginning from the fundamentals, the book explores the vast concepts of boilers and steam turbines along with their operation. Following a simple text format and easy-to-grasp language, the book explicates various real-life situation related topics involving commissioning, maintenance, control and instrumentation of a power plant. Dealing with all the latest coverage, the book is written to address the requirements of the undergraduate students of power plant engineering. Besides this, the text would also cater to the needs of those candidates who are preparing for Boiler Operation Engineers (BOE) Examination and the students of postgraduate diploma course in thermal power plant engineering. KEY POINTS ? Incorporates more than 500 self-test questions in chapter-end exercises to test the students grasp of the fundamental concepts. ? Involves numerous well labelled diagrams throughout the book leading to easy learning. ? Provides a separate question bank including several solved numerical problems that generally arise during the functioning of thermal power plants. Content Preface 1. Fundamentals 2. Heat Transfer Methods 3. Fuel and Combustion 4. Properties of Steam 5. Boiler Feedwater Chemistry 6. Introduction to Boiler 7. Fuel Handling System 8. Air Path 9. Feedwater Path 10. Steam Path 11. Flue Gas Path 12. Ash Handling System 13. Operation of Boiler 14. Pipes, Tubes and Fittings 15. Pipe Fittings and Ancillaries 16. Steam Turbine 17. Auxiliary System of Steam Turbine 18. Operation of Steam Turbine 19. Generator 20. Commissioning of Power Plant 21. Maintenance of Power Plant 22. Control and Instru

576 pages, Paperback

First published January 17, 2014

Reviews

[Pronit Parida · Rating 5 out of 5]

i think its an awsum book. totally prescribed for boiler exam.

[Hitesh P]

excellent book

[Rajesh Sarkar · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Abhinav Rathore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fgg

[Shoukat Ali]

thanks