Closed Feedwater Heaters for Power Generation: A Working Guide - Stanley Yokell, Michael Catapano, Eric Svensson

Closed Feedwater Heaters for Power Generation: A Working Guide

Buch | Hardcover
432 Seiten
2014
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-181289-4 (ISBN)
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Written by experts in the field, this book offers comprehensive information on the design, construction, inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and economics of closed feedwater heaters used in nuclear and fossil-fuel power generation.
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Best practices for using closed feedwater heaters in power generation plantsBased on the authors’ decades of industry experience, this book explains how to improve cycle efficiency and reduce the cost of fuel used to produce electricity using closed feedwater heaters. This practical guide describes the steam cycle and contains detailed information on how manufacturers build feedwater heaters.

Closed Feedwater Heaters for Power Generation illustrates how to control the liquid level of the condensed extraction steam and offers recommendations for what to include in procurement specifications. Expert advice for evaluating manufacturers’ technical proposals for new and replacement feedwater heaters is provided. This comprehensive resource also discusses inspection, maintenance, and repair of closed feedwater heaters as well as failures and their causes.

Complete coverage includes:



The steam cycle
Channel design and construction
Tubing
Tubesheets
Tube-to-tubesheet joints
Bundle construction
Shell construction
Assembly of bundles and shells
Examining and testing feedwater heaters
Quality assurance and quality control
Level control
Preparing procurement specifications
Evaluating bidder’s proposals
Drawing reviews
Inspection, maintenance, and repair
Feedwater heater autopsies

Stanley Yokell, a Fellow of the ASME, is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado, with retired registrations in Iowa, Illinois, and New Jersey. He consults for fossil and nuclear power plants on closed feedwater heaters and auxiliary power plant heat exchangers. Mr. Yokell was previously vice president and president of Process Engineering and Machine Company (PEMCO) and vice president of Ecolaire, Inc. Michael C. Catapano has had more than 40 years’ experience in the operation, design, procurement, and maintenance of feedwater heaters, condensers, and other shell-and-tube heat exchangers, including seven years with PSE&G and 33 years as president of Powerfect, Inc. He is past chairman of the ASME Power Division Heat Exchanger Committee and served for many years as their technical program coordinator. Mr. Catapano is a Fellow of the ASME. Eric Svensson has 10 years’ experience as the vice president of engineering at Powerfect, Inc. Since joining Powerfect, he has been involved in the writing the specification and conducting quality control checks for more than 25 replacement feedwater heaters. Mr. Svensson is currently a member of the ASME Heat Exchanger Committee.

Ch 1. The Steam CycleCh 2. Channel Design & ConstructionCh 3. TubingCh 4. TubesheetsCh 5. Tube-to-Tubesheet JointsCh 6. Bundle ConstructionCh 7. Shell ConstructionCh 8. Assembly of Bundles & ShellsCh 9. Testing Feedwater HeatersCh 10. Quality AssuranceCh 11. Preparing Procurement SpecsCh 12. Evaluating Bidders’ ProposalsCh 13. Inspection, Maintenance, Repair

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.11.2014
Zusatzinfo 50 Illustrations, unspecified
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 234 mm
Gewicht 748 g
Themenwelt Technik Bauwesen
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Technik Maschinenbau
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10 0-07-181289-X / 007181289X
ISBN-13 978-0-07-181289-4 / 9780071812894
Zustand Neuware
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