The Control of Boilers 2nd Edition by SAM G. DUKELOW. In the book sections and subsections covering interlocks, burner start-up and management, and the management of the start-up and operation of pulverizers and other fuel burning equipment. Along with this is the recognition of applicable safety codes of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

Book describes on-line aspects of boiler control into the arena of the larger capacity electric utility boilers. The results of this are new sections covering the firing rate demand for utility boilers and steam temperature control. The section covering furnace pressure control has been expanded to include implosion protection. The section covering the control of pulverized coal firing has been expanded to include cyclone furnaces and their control and the compartmented wind box boiler and its control.

The boiler control field, and the rest of the I&C field, has had its revolution. It is now a distributed digital “microprocessor” world. But as with all control systems, no matter what hardware or software is used, the control application of the job to be done must be the major focus and must be defined. This book is a discussion of that application area.

Section 1 Introduction

Section 2 Boiler Basics and the Steaming Process

Section 3 Performance and Input-Output Relationships

Section 4 Basic Control Loops and Their System Interconnection

Section 5 Combustion of Fuels. Excess Air and Products of Combustion

Section 6 Efficiency Calculations

Section 7 The Steam Supply System

Section 8 Firing Rate Demand for Industrial Boilers

Section 9 Firing Rate Demand for Utility Boilers

Section 10 Main Steam and Reheat Steam Temperature Control

Section 11 Boiler and Unit Interlocks

Section 12 Feedwater Supply and Boiler Water Circulation Systems

Section 13 Feedwater Control Systems

Section 14 Boiler Draft Systems

Section 15 Measurement and Control of Furnace Draft

Section 17 Flue Gas Analysis Trimming of Combustion Control Systems

Section 18 Fluid Fuel Burners for Gas. Oil. and Coal

Section 19 Solid Fuel Burning Systems

Section 20 Burner Management and Flame Safety Interlocks for Gas and Fluid-Fired Boilers.

Section 21 Combustion Control for Liquid and Gaseous Fuel Boilers

Section 22 Pulverized Coal and Cyclone Coal Burning Systems

Section 23 Combustion Control for Cyclone and Pulverized Coal-Fired Boiler

Section 24 Combustion Control for Stoker-Fired Boilers

Section 25 Atmospheric Fluidized-Bed Boilers

Section 26 Control System Complexity and Future Directions