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DURING recent years, with the latest designs of power-station boilers raising steam at high pressure and temperatures, and with the difficulties obtaining regular supplies of fuels of the desired qualities, the problems confronting those responsible generation of steam and electricity have increased in intensity and become more varied in character. The book by Dr. Wilfred Francis, the first edition of which was published in 1940, is intended for "chemists, students of fuel technology, and operators of boiler plant and power stations". It provides a useful background of information on the properties and combustion of coals, and on such subjects as the treatment of boiler feed water, types of oil required for turbines, switches and transformers, and the treatment of flue gases to remove grit and sulphur compounds. Part 1 of the book is written in a style to suit those with "no profound knowledge of chemistry", while Part 2 gives a detailed description of standard methods of chemical analyses used regularly by power-station chemists, with some modifications based on the author‘s experience.
Boiler House and Power Station Chemistry
By Dr. Wilfred Francis. Second edition. Pp. xiv + 274 + 9 plates. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1947.) 21s. net.
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PARKER, A. Boiler House and Power Station Chemistry. Nature 163, 4 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163004a0
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