| Series Preface | p. v |
| Preface | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Principles of Boiler Operation | p. 1 |
| Classification of Boilers | p. 6 |
| Description of Boilers | p. 6 |
| References | p. 14 |
| General Design Considerations | p. 15 |
| Boiler Specifications | p. 15 |
| Design Steps | p. 17 |
| References | p. 20 |
| Fuel and Combustion Calculations | p. 21 |
| Features of Fuel | p. 21 |
| Stoichiometric Calculations | p. 28 |
| Enthalpy Calculation of Air and Combustion Products | p. 36 |
| Heat Balance | p. 37 |
| Generation of SO[subscript 2] and NO[subscript x] | p. 46 |
| Nomenclature | p. 48 |
| References | p. 51 |
| Coal Preparation Systems for Boilers | p. 52 |
| Coal Preparation Systems | p. 52 |
| Pulverizing Properties of Coal | p. 56 |
| Pulverizing Air System | p. 59 |
| Size Reducing Machines | p. 63 |
| Other Components for Coal Preparation Systems | p. 70 |
| Design of Coal Preparation System for Pulverized Coal Boilers | p. 73 |
| Fuel Feeding in Fluidized Bed Boilers | p. 76 |
| Nomenclature | p. 78 |
| References | p. 79 |
| Design of Oil Burners | p. 80 |
| Design of Oil Supply System | p. 80 |
| Oil Atomizers | p. 82 |
| Air Registers | p. 108 |
| Design Principles of Oil Fired Boilers | p. 118 |
| Nomenclature | p. 125 |
| References | p. 127 |
| Boiler Furance Design Methods | p. 128 |
| General Design Principles | p. 128 |
| Flame Emissivity | p. 135 |
| Heat Transfer Calculations for the PC Boiler Furnace | p. 140 |
| Water Wall Arrangement | p. 146 |
| Fouling and Thermal Efficiency Factors for Water Wall Tubes | p. 147 |
| Temperature Field Coefficient, M | p. 149 |
| Furnace Emissivity | p. 150 |
| Distribution of Heat Load in Furnace | p. 151 |
| Nomenclature | p. 157 |
| References | p. 159 |
| Convective Heating Surfaces | p. 161 |
| Design of Superheater and Reheater | p. 161 |
| Temperature Control in Superheater and Reheater | p. 167 |
| Adjustment of Heat Absorption in Superheater and Reheater | p. 172 |
| Economizer | p. 178 |
| Air Heater | p. 180 |
| Arrangement of Back-Pass Heating Surfaces | p. 185 |
| Heat Transfer Calculations for Convective Heating Surfaces | p. 187 |
| Design Methods of Convection Heating Surfaces | p. 206 |
| Nomenclature | p. 207 |
| References | p. 211 |
| Swirl Burners | p. 212 |
| Design of a Swirl Burner | p. 212 |
| Flow Resistance in Swirl Burners | p. 225 |
| Examples of Swirl Burners | p. 226 |
| Arrangement of Multiple Swirl Burners | p. 230 |
| Design Procedure of Swirl Burners | p. 233 |
| Nomenclature | p. 239 |
| References | p. 241 |
| Design of Novel Burners | p. 242 |
| Types of PC Burners | p. 242 |
| PC Burner With Blunt Body | p. 243 |
| Precombustion Chamber Burner | p. 246 |
| Boat Burner | p. 248 |
| Co-Flow Jet Burner With High Differential Velocity | p. 249 |
| Counter-Flow Jet Burner | p. 250 |
| Dense and Lean Phase PC Burner | p. 253 |
| Down-Shot Flame Combustion Technique | p. 257 |
| Low NO[subscript x] Burner | p. 259 |
| Nomenclature | p. 266 |
| References | p. 267 |
| Tangentially Fired Burners | p. 269 |
| General Descriptions | p. 269 |
| Design of Burners With Peripheral Air | p. 279 |
| Design of Tilting Burners | p. 281 |
| Burners for Bituminous Coal | p. 284 |
| Anthracite and Lean Coal Fired PC Burner | p. 286 |
| Brown Coal Fired Direct Burner | p. 291 |
| Multifuel Burner | p. 293 |
| Design Methods for Tangentially Fired Boilers | p. 294 |
| Example of Burner Design | p. 297 |
| Nomenclature | p. 300 |
| References | p. 301 |
| Fluidized Bed Boilers | p. 302 |
| Fluidized Bed Boiler | p. 302 |
| Major Features of Fluidized Bed Boilers | p. 304 |
| Basics of Fluidized Beds | p. 309 |
| Bubbling Fluidized Bed Boilers | p. 314 |
| Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers | p. 319 |
| Distributor Plates | p. 327 |
| Loop Seals | p. 331 |
| Gas-Solid Separators | p. 334 |
| Nomenclature | p. 340 |
| References | p. 344 |
| Steam-Water Circulation in Boiler | p. 347 |
| Natural Circulation System | p. 346 |
| Calculations for Simple and Complex Tube Circuits | p. 359 |
| Two-Phase Flow Resistance | p. 360 |
| Height of Economizer Section in the Riser | p. 362 |
| Worked-Out Example | p. 364 |
| Nomenclature | p. 369 |
| References | p. 371 |
| Forced Circulation for Supercritical or Subcritical Boilers | p. 372 |
| General Description | p. 373 |
| Design Principle of Forced Circulation Boiler | p. 374 |
| Features of Forced Circulation Boilers | p. 375 |
| Supercritical Boilers | p. 381 |
| Corrosion and Fouling of Heat Transfer Surfaces | p. 385 |
| High-Temperature Corrosion of External Surfaces | p. 386 |
| Prevention of High-Temperature Corrosion | p. 392 |
| Low-Temperature Corrosion on External Surfaces | p. 397 |
| Corrosion and Scaling of Internal Surfaces | p. 402 |
| Fouling and Slagging | p. 406 |
| Calculation of Soot and Ash Deposition | p. 412 |
| Prediction of Slagging Potential | p. 416 |
| Design Measure for Reduction of Fouling and Slagging | p. 421 |
| Nomcnclature | p. 423 |
| References | p. 424 |
| Erosion Prevention in Boilers | p. 426 |
| Theory of Erosion of Heating Surfaces | p. 426 |
| Worked-Out Example | p. 431 |
| Factors Influencing Tube Erosion | p. 433 |
| Analyses of Erosion of Tube Banks in Cross-Flow | p. 436 |
| Permissible Gas Velocity for Safe Operation | p. 439 |
| Erosion Protection for the Economizer, Reheater, and Superheater | p. 444 |
| Erosion in Tubular Air Heaters | p. 448 |
| Erosion in Fluidized Bed Boilers | p. 450 |
| Nomenclature | p. 454 |
| References | p. 456 |
| Pressure Drop in Gas and Air Ducts | p. 457 |
| Draft Systems | p. 457 |
| Pressure Drop in Air and Gas Duct Systems | p. 459 |
| Pressure Drop Across Heating Surfaces | p. 466 |
| Pressure Drop in Natural Draft Gas Path | p. 471 |
| Pressure Drop Through Air Ducts | p. 475 |
| Selection of Fans | p. 479 |
| Pressure Drop Through Water or Steam Tubes | p. 480 |
| Nomenclature | p. 481 |
| References | p. 483 |
| Mechanical Design of Pressure Parts | p. 485 |
| Selection of Materials | p. 485 |
| Important Mechanical Properties of Various Materials | p. 487 |
| Fundamental Metallurgical Concepts to Improve Steel Properties | p. 490 |
| Design Methods | p. 495 |
| Thickness (Scantling) Calculations | p. 509 |
| Nomenclature | p. 523 |
| References | p. 523 |
| Tables of Design Data | p. 524 |
| Specific heat of air, flue gas and ash at atmospheric pressure | p. 525 |
| Some physical properties of iron, metal, and selected steels | p. 526 |
| Linear thermal expansion of steel | p. 526 |
| Specific heat capacity of steel | p. 527 |
| Electrical resistivity of steel | p. 527 |
| Thermal conductivity of steel | p. 527 |
| Density, heat capacity, and heat conductivity for metals | p. 528 |
| Thermal properties of the saturated water and steam (arranged by temperature) | p. 530 |
| Thermal properties of the saturated water and steam (arranged by pressure) | p. 532 |
| Thermal properties of unsaturated water and superheated steam at different pressures | p. 534 |
| Conversion factors | p. 541 |
| Index | p. 553 |
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