British Gas School of Fuel Management ; editor, J.R. Cornforth.
Third edition.
New York :
Routledge,
2013.
1 online resource (xii, 895 pages) :
illustrations
Originally published in 1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter One: Combustion; Gaseous Fuels; Combustion of natural gas; Flame Properties and Structure; Combustion Performance; Furnace and Protective Atmospheres; Oxygen in Combustion Processes; Combustion of Fuel Oils; References; Chapter Two: Gas Burners and Burner Systems; Interchangeability of Gases; Diffusion Flame Burners; Atmospheric Aerated Burners; Air Blast Burners; Nozzle Mix Burners; Radiant Burners; Recuperative Nozzle Mixing Burners; Radiant Tube Burners.
Combustion safeguards -- generalManual, semi-automatic and fully automatic burner light up, monitoring and shut down; References; Chapter Eleven: Process Control; Process control theory; Automatic controllers; Temperature Measurement; Control valves and actuators; Chapter Twelve: Site Supply and Internal Installation; Site supply; Internal installation; Vents; Installation requirements; Installation practice; References; Chapter Thirteen: Power Production From Gas; Total energy; Prime movers; Small scale combined heat and power (CHP) systems; Large scale combined heat and power (CHP) systems.
ConvectionRadiation; Heat transfer in practice; References; Chapter Six: Gas Utilisation Equipment; Space heating; Hot water services; Industrial liquid heating; Hot water, steam and thermal fluid boilers; Drying; Glass; Ceramics and clay; Metal heating; Metal re-heating; Metal melting; Incineration; Atmosphere generation; Catering; Baking ovens; Air conditioning; References; Chapter Seven: Waste Heat Recovery; General design considerations; Heat exchange; Direct heat recovery; Liquid to liquid heat exchange; Gas to gas heat exchange; Gas to liquid heat exchange.
High Temperature Regenerative BurnersImmersion Tube Burners for Liquid Heating; Specialised Types of Gas Burner; Oxygen Enrichment Techniques for Gas Burners; Pilot Burners; Working Flame Burners; References; Chapter Three: Multifuel Burners; Multifuel Systems; Design Principles; Burner Characteristics and Performance; Triple-Fuel Firing; References; Chapter Four: Flow of Fluids; Terms And Definitions; The Effects of Temperature and Pressure on Fluid Volume; Hydrostatics; Mechanics of Fluid Flow; Friction; Calculations of Pressure Losses; References; Chapter Five: Heat Transfer; Conduction.
Methods which upgrade recovered heatSystems applications; References; Chapter Eight: Refractory and Insulating Materials in Furnace Construction; Furnace refractories; Furnace construction; References; Chapter Nine: Gas and Air Supply Controls; Governors; Manually operated valves; Safety shut off valves; Safety shut off valve systems; Pressure and flow safeguards; Air/gas ratio and throughput control; Typical gas control systems; References; Chapter Ten: Ignition and Combustion Safeguards; Start flames and pilot burners; Basic ignition procedure for industrial gas equipment; Shut down.
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Combustion Engineering & Gas Utilisation is a practical guide to sound engineering practice for engineers from industry and commerce responsible for the selection, installation, designing and maintenance of efficient and safe gas fired heating equipment.
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