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1. Check water level in sight glass and assure water supply to boiler, fill the proper level(s) as required. 2. Boiler types water level sight glass a. Steam boiler water should be to center of sight glass. b. Water boiler water should completely fill sight glass. NOTE: On both steam and water boilers a vent or test valve is supplied to vent excess air when filling the boiler. Leave the valve open on a steam boiler until steam appears, then close, with a water boiler leave valve open until water begins to discharge, then close the valve. 3. Check all settings on operating controls. 4. Check all reset and lock out mechanisms. 5. Close supply valve to distribution header.
6. On combination fuel units, set fuel selector switch to primary fuel to be used (in this case gas). 7. Turn burner switch to on position
1. Blower motor will energize to purge combustion chamber in the pre-purge period and continues to run 2. Damper closes. 3. Automatic igniter lights off boiler in low fire. Boiler continues to run in low fire until properly warmed up before burner is allowed to go into high fire.
This a pattern is a compromise between the desire to bring the boiler on-load as quikly as possible and the risk of boiler damage by thermal stresses arising from uneven.
1. Warming up before circulation is established. 2. Warming up after circulation is Established. 3. Stage when significant quantities of steam are being taken. 4. Bringing the boiler on load.
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During this phase the limit on the system is the temperature of boiler tubes. Until circulation is established there is a risk of local overheating in regions of pockets of trapped steam and of serious uneven heating between adjacent tubes. Limited input of energy into the system is needed and light oil burners are used. The provision of boiler circulation pumps removes this stage from procedure.
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During this phase the main concern is stresses on the boiler drum arising from uneven heating along its length or through the thickness of its metal. These limitations are met by restricting the permissible rate of rise of drum pressure and hence of drum temperatures. Progressively more energy is taken from the system by steam flow to drains and slightly tighter input is needed. Careful control off the energy input is most important at this stage and this is achieved by varying the number of oil burners if applicable.
Water Treatment
The objective of water treatment, combining the external treatment and internal conditioning, in one word is cleanlinesscleanliness of the wetted parts. This, in turn, facilitates the production of clean steam, which keeps the boiler, piping, and turbine protected. External water treatment is done before water is fed into the boiler and is differentiated for a better clarity from the internal water conditioning within the boiler island.
1. Spray 2. Tray 3. Spray and tray arrangements In scrubbing action, the following two factors are at work: Water droplets are reduced in size so that the trapped gas has to travel smaller distance to reach the periphery. Surface tension and viscosity are lowered to make it easier for the gas to escape.
O2 Scavenging
Removal of last traces of oxygen is done by chemical scavengers such as sodium sulfi te (Na2SO3) or hydrazine (N2H4).
Na2SO3 with or without the catalyst is an effi cient and fast O2 scavenger even at low temperatures. But at higher temperatures like 100C, the reaction is really rapid. For every rise of 10C the speed of reaction doubles. The reaction proceeds rapidly at pH values between 9 and 10. Na2SO3 added to the solids in boiler water increases the carryover, unlike hydrazine, which turns eventually into N2 and H2O. This addition is unsuitable where spray attemperation is to be done on steam unless it can be fed beyond the point from which FW for desuperheating is taken. Theoretically, 7.88 ppm of pure Na2SO3 is required for each ppm of dissolved O2. But for technical-grade catalyzed Na2SO3, it is appropriate to consider 10 ppm or 10 kg/1 kg of O2 present in FW. Na2SO3 should be dosed only on a continuous basis to achieve complete O2 removal. Intermittent feeding is not recommended except for low-pressure systems. Fe, Cu, Co, Ni, and Mn are among the most effective materials for acting as catalysts for Na2SO3. Typically catalyzed Na2SO3 can reduce O2 nearly completely in 10 s whereas plain Na2SO3 can take even 10 min to reduce O2 from 9.8 to 6.6 ppm. Where ECONs are used, sulfi te residuals of 1015 ppm with pH > 8.3 are recommended for protection against O2 attack.
Hydrazine (N2H4 )
For boilers operating at pressures >70 bar, hydrazine is preferred to sulfite as 1. Hydrazine adds no solids to the boiler water. 2. Na2SO3 can decompose at higher pressures to form H2S and SO2 that can cause corrosion of return condensate system. As pure hydrazine has low fl ash point, a 35% solution is used. Theoretically, 1 ppm of hydrazine is required to remove 1 ppm of dissolved O2 but in reality is between 1 and 1.5 ppm. With higher water temperatures and pressures, hydrazine is preferred to Na2SO3 although it is much slower because it adds no solids to boiler water. Hence it is well suited to spray attemperator application. An added advantage is its ability to passivate Fe- and Cu-bearing Surfaces.
Effectiveness of O2 scavengers.
Organically catalyzed NH4, with reaction times speeded 10 to 100 times and with passivating properties also enhanced, is in a position to extend application to a medium pressure of 45 bar. Concern about cancer-producing properties dictates extremely careful handling. Another concern is the breakdown of hydrazine into ammonia, which is highly corrosive to Cu and Cu-bearing alloys, and a very careful control of the dosage is required. Reaction with O2 depends on the water temperature, pH, and impurities. Figure 4.6 compares the speeds of reaction of Na2SO3 and N2H4 and the effect of catalyzed N2H4. Substitutes for O2 scavengers available in the market must be examined closely before using.
Abbreviations:
S, softener; DM, demineralizer; Z, zeolite; A, aeration; Da, deaeration; F, filtration; AX, anion exchanger; CX, cation exchanger; TS, total solids; DS, dissolved solids; SS, suspended solids; B, boiler; T, turbine; HX, heat exchangers.
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The scope and complexity of automatic controls and instrumentation can vary enormously from the simple on/off schemes as applied to small fire-tube boilers to the more complex modulating schemes with extensive visual-display and computer data storage facilities used on some of the larger boilers. Boiler Pressure Measurement, Indication and Relief Local Pressure Indication This, along with the corresponding temperature measurement and control is perhaps the most basic function required. First, the display (which must be easily seen and read by the operator) is necessary to ensure the safety of the plant, a pressure rising above a clear mark indicating the working pressure on the dial signals that the heat input must be reduced immediately. A falling pressure means that the demand for heat is exceeding the heat input and therefore that the firing rate must be increased. The indicating instrument is the well known Bourdon gauge, which consists of a flat tube bent to a curve. This tends to straighten out as the internal pressure increases and is arranged to drive a pointer over a circular scale.
Safety Valves Boilers are designed to withstand certain pressures only, and on no account must be subjected to greater pressures. In most cases the measuring and control devices described suffice to avoid an overpressure condition but it is mandatory, on both steam and hot water boilers, to fit safety valves, which lift and relieve the pressure. Combustion Control This incorporates both the control of the boiler heat input and that of fuel to air ratio. Combustion control systems must ensure that at all times adequate quantities of air are available to meet the fuel requirements, so as to burn the fuel efficiently without smoke and with minimum harmful emissions discharge from the stack.
The main source of signal for the operation of a combustion control system is the steam pressure at the boiler outlet, in the case of steam generators, and the water outlet temperature, in the case of hot-water boilers. Combustion controls therefore also control the boiler pressure as a stage in controlling the heat input. Combustion Control Schemes: There are three basic control schemes used for regulating multiple variables such as fuel and airflow in a combustion control system. These are: Series, in which a variation of the master control signal, steam pressure, causes a change to take place in the combustion airflow, which, in turn, causes a change in fuel flow, Parallel control, in which a variation of the master control signal adjusts the fuel and air flows simultaneously and represents a typical positional control system, and Series/parallel control, in which a variation of the master control signal adjusts the fuel flow and, as steam flow is approximately proportional to air flow, variations of steam flow resulting from a change of load are measured and used to adjust the air flow.
Basic Control Schemes (a) Series control, (b) Series/parallel control, (c) Parallel control
There are three basic types of automatic combustion control. : a) On/off Control Systems
On a steam boiler, using an on/off system, the fuel and air are shut off as the steam pressure rises to a preset value. The steam pressure then falls gradually as the demand continues, until it reaches a preset low value at which the fuel and air are turned on again. With hot-water boilers, high and low water temperatures are used as the initiating signals. A typical example of the on/off control is the system used with a gas-fired domestic heating system. This
method of control results in a fluctuating steam pressure. Its use tends to be restricted to very small units generating hot water or saturated steam. It cannot be used when generating superheated steam because, during the off periods, there are no gases flowing over the super heater from which the steam can receive its superheat. A variation of the on/off system is high/low/off, where there are three control settings instead of two. b) Positioning Control Systems
With positioning systems, the fuel and combustion air controllers (the fuel valve in the case of oil or gas firing, and dampers or fan speed in the case of combustion air) are interconnected mechanically in such a way that for a given fuel valve position the air damper will always be in the same position. Such systems are called open-loop and assume that the flow through the valve or damper will always be the same for a given valve or damper position. The interconnecting linkage usually incorporates some form of cam, the shape of which is determined during commissioning by manual adjustment of the fuel and air controllers to give optimum conditions over the load range of the boiler. On a typical positioning system applied to fire-tube boilers the pressure control signal is generated by separate sensors, two of which are generally used. The first is to signal an overpressure condition to the fuelfeed regulator, which in turn is linked to the combustion air supply. Should an overpressure condition occur, the firing appliance is shut down, generally accompanied by visual and audible alarms, and needing manual reset. This control is mandatory for automatic boilers. The second sends an electrical signal, which is proportional to the change of pressure from the set point to a servomotor connected to the fuel regulator and to the air-regulating dampers (or to the fan-motor speed controls). These are thus adjusted to restore the pressure to the set value.
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With metering systems, the fuel and air are regulated by the master signal from the steam pressure, a fall in pressure indicating that an increase in fuel and air inputs is required. The fuel and airflows are measured, the two signals are compared in a ratio controller (feedback) and one of them is adjusted by operating the flow controller until the correct ratio or set point is achieved. The combustion conditions are therefore maintained at the optimum irrespective of any changes that may occur to the system resistance or characteristics of the controller. Such systems are called closed-loop. The ratio controller is arranged so that the set point can easily be adjusted manually while the boiler is in operation should there be any change in the fuel characteristics and hence in the heat input to the boiler for a given fuel flow signal. Metering systems require a flow-measuring device in the fuel and air systems.
Soot Blowing To ensure that the performance and thermal efficiency of a boiler are maintained, it is essential that the heated surfaces are kept clean. On the gas-swept surfaces, this necessitates removal of material deposited on the tubes from the flue gases. If this is not done, the rate of heat transfer from the gases will be reduced and the gas temperatures will rise. On most solid-fuel fired boilers and (depending upon fuel properties), on some gas- and oil-fired and waste-heat boilers, soot blowers are installed to enable the boiler surfaces to be cleaned while the boiler is operating. A soot blower is a device that directs a jet of steam or compressed air to blow across tube surfaces in contact with the flue gases. This technique is used to remove material deposited on the tubes. Soot blowers can be of the multi-nozzle or multi-jet rotary type, or of the retractable type.
A multi-nozzle soot blower (Fig 10.2) consists of a steel tube of 50-64 mm diameter which is inserted through the wall of the boiler, which has been equipped with nozzles, which project a blowing medium (steam). The nozzles are positioned to coincide with the spaces between the tubes to enable the steam to blow down the gas passages between the tubes. The blower can be rotated through any angle up to about 280, to cover the greatest amount of heated surfaces. Where it is required to blow around a full 360, two rows of diametrically opposite nozzles are used and the blower is rotated through 180. The effective radius of cleaning from the centerline of tube is about 2 meters. Multi-nozzle blowers which remain in the gas stream can only be used in gas temperatures up to about 1000 C due to the lack of suitable materials of construction for higher gas temperatures. Their use is, therefore, mainly restricted to the evaporative convection, economizer, and air heated surfaces.
Where gas temperatures exceed those for which fixed blowers are suitable, the retractable type has to be used. These can be either short or long. With the short type, see fig (10.3), the nozzle projects just beyond the boiler wall and can be used to blow either the combustion chamber wall tubes or the convection heating surfaces on narrow boilers. With retractable blowers, the tube is withdrawn from the gas stream when not in use, and there are nozzles only at the end of the tube. When sootblowing is being carried out with a long retractable blower, it is rotated and moved in such a way to traverse the gas stream and cover the full width of the boiler. Consequently, the steam jet will follow a helical path. The full cycle includes blowing while the tube traverses back across the boiler and withdrawn. The steam issues from the nozzles immediately as they enter the gas stream to ensure that the tube is always adequately cooled. Long retractable blowers have opposing nozzles at the end to ensure that the reaction of the steam jets is balanced, so as to reduce deflection of the tube. The tube is available in lengths up to about 15 m as required by the width of the boiler. Blowers can be fitted in both sides if required, to reduce the length of the tube. For wide boilers, allowance has to be made in the layout of the heated surfaces for the deflection of the tube due to its own weight.
ShortRetractableSootblower
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-An important function of burners is turndown. -This is usually expressed as a ratio and is based on the maximum firing rate divided by the minimum controllable firing rate. -The turndown rate is not simply a matter of forcing differing amounts of fuel into a boiler, it is increasingly important from an economic and legislative perspective that the burner provides efficient and proper
combustion, and satisfies increasingly stringent emission regulations over its entire operating range. -As has already been mentioned, coal as a boiler fuel tends to be restricted to specialized applications such as water-tube boilers in power stations. -The following Sections within this Tutorial will review the most common fuels for shell boilers. ------------------------------------------------------------
the furnace. -Clearly, the hotter the gases in the stack, the less efficient the boiler. The gases may be too hot for one of two reasons: 1. The burner is producing more heat than is required for a specific load on the boiler: This means that the burner(s) and damper mechanisms require maintenance and re-calibration. 2. The heat transfer surfaces within the boiler are not functioning correctly, and the heat is not being transferred to the water: This means that the heat transfer surfaces are contaminated, and require cleaning.
Too much cooling of the flue gases Too much cooling of the flue gases may result in temperatures falling below the 'dew point' and the potential for corrosion is increased by the formation of: 1. Nitric acid (from the nitrogen in the air used for combustion).
2. Sulphuric acid (if the fuel has a sulphur content). 3. Water. Radiation losses Because the boiler is hotter than its environment, some heat will be transferred to the surroundings. Damaged installed insulation will greatly increase the potential heat losses. A reasonably well-insulated shell or water-tube boiler of 5 MW or more will lose between 0.3 and 0.5% of its energy to the surroundings. This may not appear to be a large amount, but it must be remembered that this is 0.3 to 0.5% of the boiler's full-load rating, and this loss will remain constant, even if the boiler is not exporting steam to the plant, and is simply on stand-by. This indicates that to operate more efficiently, a boiler plant should be operated towards its maximum capacity. This, in turn, may require close co- operation between the boiler house personnel and the production departments. ---------------------------
Valve Trains
Piping and valve trains control the supply of gas fuels, liquid fuels and atomizing media to burners. Trains can be mounted on a free-standing pipe rack. All electrical components are pre-wired to numbered terminals in a junction box. Designs to meet hazardous-area classifications are also available. Piping trains are solvent-cleaned and painted with one coat of oil-resistant enamel. Requirements for efficient and environment friendly combustion system:
Low excess air requirement, coupled with fine controls, permit efficient, safe and flexible operation. The burner is designed to match the flame shape to the furnace configuration. Single Throat Swirl type burner are offered for larger capacities and Circular Register type burners for smaller capacities. A stand by auxiliary oil atomizer permits cleaning of the main oil burner without affecting rated steam output. Bi-fuel or tri-fuel burner designs are available to fire gaseous or liquid fuel either by themselves or in combination to take advantage of lowest fuel costs. Special design are offered to fire lean gases such as blast furnace gas, off gas, carbon monoxide etc. Conversion from one fuel to another can be accomplished quickly and conveniently. Burner start up cycle incorporates a purge cycle to clear the furnace of residual combustible gases. In the event of a boiler stoppage, the fuel lines are cleaned with atomizing steam. The Main flame is started by a pilot flame that shuts off after the main flame is established.
Types of burners:
-Oil burners. Gas burners -Duel burners.
1-Oil burners
The burning fuel oil efficiently requires a high fuel surface area-tovolume ratio. Experience has shown that oil particles in the range 20 and 40 m are the most successful. Because. Particles which are: o Bigger than 40 m tend to be carried through the flame without completing the combustion process. o Smaller than 20 m may travel so fast that they are carried through the flame without burning at all. A very important aspect of oil firing is viscosity. The viscosity of oil varies with temperature: the hotter oil, the easily it flows. Indeed, most people are aware that heavy fuel oils need to be heated in order to flow freely. What is not so obvious is that a variation in temperature, and hence viscosity, will have an effect on the size of the oil particle produced at the burner nozzle. For this reason the temperature needs to controlled to give consistent conditions at the nozzle. Oil Lances and atomizers be accurately
- The energy consumption in many process industries is the single largest factor influencing production costs. - Optimizing the efficiency of fuel utilization provides immediate savings in operating costs, and reduces pollution. - Incomplete combustion caused by poor air / fuel mixing, and atomization results in extra fuel usage and unacceptable atmospheric emissions. - When firing on diesel or heavy fuel oil, the lance should provide a generous 8:1 turndown, allowing you the control required when warming the kiln. - The choice of atomizer design is crucial for maximizing fuel efficiency. - It must be pointed out that to obtain the best performance with any atomizer design it is essential that the steam and oil are supplied in the correct condition. - This is normally 138 to 140 C for heavy oil and steam in a dry and lightly superheated condition. - Diesel oil does not require heating. - There is also a link between flame stability and the atomization quality. - If the droplet size distribution is too coarse then there is a need for the flame ignition point to move away from the end of the burner firing pipe. In the extreme case, the ignition point can move a considerable distance away from the burner and lead to flame extinction.
- This is a potentially dangerous situation, particularly during the next ignition attempt, as the chamber may contain unburned fuel vapor that will readily ignite/explode when a source of ignition is introduced. Full ranges of atomiser lance assemblies are available. Available in a full range of liberations from 3 - 85 MW. Whether for warm-up or full production firing, we have the atomizer lance you require.
Atomizer Assemblies
The correct choice of atomizer is essential to running a cost efficient operation. Fuel costs is the major expense in any minerals processing plant and getting the most out of that fuel is critical. Poor atomization can lead to increased fuel costs due to unburned fuel (High CO levels), and unacceptable emissions.
For those applications where the fuel oil is contaminated with particulate, Or wet steam is used, causing premature atomizer life, providing manufactured in a cobalt base alloy, which is very wear resistant extending the expected life by several times.
------------------------------------------Some types of oil burners 1-Rotary cup burner for fire tube boiler
13. Because the atomisation is produced by the rotating cup, rather than by some function of the fuel oil (e.g. pressure), the turndown ratio is much greater than the pressure jet burner.
Varying the pressure of the fuel oil immediately before the orifice (nozzle) controls the flow rate of fuel from the burner. However, the relationship between pressure (P) and flow (F) has a square root characteristic. For example if: F2 = 0.5 F1 P2 = (0.5)2 P1 P2 = 0.25 P1 So. If the fuel flow is reduced to 50%, the energy for atomization is reduced to 25%. This means that the turndown available is limited to approximately 2:1 for a particular nozzle.
To overcome this limitation, pressure jet burners are supplied with a range of interchangeable nozzles to accommodate different boiler loads.
Description of performance
1. When firing fuel oils, oil-fired duct burner delivers superior performance. 2. Unique design produces the lowest emissions in the industry and it achieves lower NOx and CO emission levels. 3. Oil atomizers are mounted externally, allowing them to be removed and cleaned without turbine or boiler shutdown. 4. The patented flame shield ensures uniform heat distribution when firing gas or oil. 5. Turbine Exhaust Gas (TEG) is supplied to the windbox by individual ducts taking a slip stream of TEG upstream of the burner. 6. The oil atomizer, capable of firing a range of fuels from Naphtha to No. 6 fuel oil, can be safely removed for maintenance.
- The ultraviolet viewing head is recommended for gas and oil flames. - It consists of a gas discharge type sensor with a spectral response only in the ultraviolet region, approximately 185 to 300 nanometers with a peak response at 200 nanometers. - The highest ultraviolet intensity occurs near the flame root (first 30% of the flame) but this zone of higher ultraviolet intensity does not overlap the same zones of adjacent or opposing burners so that, with proper sighting, discrimination is predictable. -
- The infrared viewing head is recommended for pulverised coal and oil flames. - The IR viewing head uses an extended range, 200 - 1200 nanometers, silicon photodiode which is operated in the photovolatic mode. - The IR system takes advantage of the fact that all flames pulsate within two bands of the visible and near infrared spectral regions. - This device incorporates an automatic gain control that operates on the brightness of the flame signal. - This automatic gain control action is provided to overcome the problems associated with monitoring pulverized coal flames, which vary in brightness from low to high firing rates in addition to variations caused by ash and inconsistent fuel flow. - The flame signal, after this first stage of amplification is AC coupled to the next stage. - This AC component of the signal is flame flicker which covers a range from zero to over 1000 Hz. The IRIS infrared viewing head accomplishes this by incorporating a variable high pass filter stage after the second stage of amplification. - This variable filter has four positions that can be switched at the viewing head to optimize the discrimination ratio between flame ON and flame OFF.
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In this case, one viewing head supervises the pilot (interrupted) and both detectors supervise the main burner flame. During the main burner "run" period, either viewing head is capable of maintaining system operation. In addition to assuring more reliable flame detection, parallel viewing heads facilitate maintenance during burner operation. A viewing head can be removed in turn without shutting down the supervised burner.
Gas burners
- At present, gas is probably the most common fuel used in a lot of countries. - Being a gas, atomization is not an issue, and proper mixing of gas with the appropriate amount of air is all that is required for combustion. Two types of gas burner are in use 'Low pressure' and 'High pressure'.
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- The pilot system is a self-contained complete unit with heat releases ranging from 2 kW to 120 kW. - Firing on propane or natural gas, all the controls are mounted at the rear of the pilot. - This enclosure contains a built-in transformer for ignition, and pilot flame detection relay. - A control box fitted in the control panel ensures the correct sequence for successful ignition. A single cable from the pilot to the control panel is all that is required.
- Narrow air / gas ratio limits make air and gas settings critical for correct operation. - Poor design of the ignition electrodes that make them vulnerable to electrical short circuit and, once this occurs, the ignitor fails and the burner cannot be lit. - Wet plant air causes electrical short circuits with high voltage electrodes. - Optical flame scanners incorrectly sighted or obscured by dust etc. - Poor design and fragile construction of pilot burner makes it prone to damage and difficult to maintain correctly.
4. The high temperature electrode engages directly into the secondary winding of the high temperature transformer, which in turn, is directly mounted on the rear of the pilot.
5. By constructing the pilot in this way, any cabling between the transformer and high temperature electrode is avoided. 6. The ionization rod is connected in a similar manner to the flame ionization detector. 7. There are no serviceable cables within this pilot design.
2. This type of blower removes the need for serviceable drive belts. 3. The blower provides a filtered air supply to the to the pilot at the correct pressure, removing the need for any operator adjustments. 4. The supply of cooling air must be maintained whenever the plant is in service to protect the pilot internals and prevent any ingress of dust. 5. An air filter is mounted on the inlet of the blower to prevent and long term build up of dust on the pilot internals. 6. The pilot requires a gas supply at a pressure of 150 mbar at the pilot's pressure test point, and will produce a flame with a maximum rated output of 120kW. 7. Usually, propane is supplied to the inlet of the valve train at 2.0 barg and this is regulated to the desired pressure on the valve train.
The reasons Surge Controls prefer this pilot is due to the following: Few valve train components. Reliable technology.
Less sensitive to gas and air pressure fluctuations. Filtered air supply via direct driven blower. Separate flame monitoring
- This characteristic is used with flame rods on both conduction and rectification flame sensing systems. - For reasons of inherent safety, the latter method is preferred for flame detection. - Flame phenomena centres in the ionisation characteristics, which permit a current to flow through the flame when a voltage is applied between two lectrodes immersed in the flame. - Tests have shown that the impedance of a flame is about 1 million ohms.
Rectification System
- The rectification system uses electrodes in the flame. - The area of the two electrodes must be designed to immerse a greater area of one in the flame than the other. - The "flame" electrode or flame rod in rectification equipment must have the least exposure to flame. - The other electrode identified as the groundside is much larger. The area ratio will exceed four to one if satisfactory results are to be obtained.
- When the electrodes are different sizes as recommended above, more current would flow from the smaller flame rod to the larger ground area. - To better visualize the reason for this rectifying action, imagine a man with a shotgun standing by a fence post, and shooting at a barn. - He will manage to get a lot of pellets into the barn, even if he isn't a very good shot. - Next, the man walks over to the barn and blazes away (1 shot only) at the fence post he was just standing at moments earlier. - To give him the benefit of the doubt, assume he is a good shot and the pellet pattern is centred on the post.
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As a disinterested party in the shooting procedure, but as a scientific observer he decides to examine the results by counting the pellets that hit the barn and compere that number with the number that hit the post.
- The usual arrangement is to have a fuel oil supply available on site, and to use this to fire the boiler when gas is not available.
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These burners are designed with gas as the main fuel, but have an additional facility for burning fuel oil.
1. If a large load comes on to the boiler just after the burner has switched off, the amount of steam available is reduced. 2. In the worst cases this may lead to the boiler priming and locking out. 3. Thermal cycling. --------------------------------------------