Power-plant control and instrumentation : the control of boilers and HRSG systems / David Lindsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindsley, David.

Contributor:

Institution of Electrical Engineers.

Series:

IEE control engineering series ; v. 58.

IEE control engineering series ; 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steam power plants.

Waste heat boilers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a practical and comprehensive analysis of control systems for boilers and HRSGs (heat-recovery steam generators) in a variety of applications from waste-to-energy plants through to combined-cycle gas-turbine power stations (CCGTs).

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Diagrammatic symbols ""; ""Abbreviations and terms used in this book ""; ""1 The basics of steam generation and use ""; ""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 ""

""1.4 Thermal efficiency """"1.5 The gas turbine and combined-cycle plants ""; ""1.6 Summary ""; ""2 The steam and water circuits ""; ""2.1 Steam generation and use ""; ""2.2 The steam turbine ""; ""2.3 The condensate and feed-water system ""; ""2.4 The feed pumps and valves ""

""2.5 The water and steam circuits of HRSG plant """"2.6 Summary ""; ""3 The fuel, air and flue-gas circuits ""; ""3.1 The furnace ""; ""3.2 The air and gas circuits ""; ""3.3 Fuel systems ""; ""3.4 Igniter systems ""; ""3.5 Burner-management systems ""

""3.6 Gas turbines in combined-cycle applications """"3.7 Summary ""; ""4 Setting the demand for the steam generator ""; ""4.1 Nature of the demand ""; ""4.2 Setting the demand in power-station applications ""; ""4.3 The master demand in a power-station application ""

""4.4 Load demand in combined heat and power plants """"4.5 Waste-to-energy plants ""; ""4.6 Summary ""; ""5 Combustion and draught control ""; ""5.1 The principles of combustion control ""; ""5.2 Working with multiple fuels ""; ""5.3 The control of coal mills ""; ""5.4 Draught control ""

""5.5 Binary control of the combustion system ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84919-163-8

1-60119-163-4

OCLC:

923637759