Marine Boilers Third Edition ~ G.TH Flanagan. CEng, FIMarE, MRINA AUSTERDAM » BOSTON + HEIDELBERG + LONDON + NEWYORK + OXFORD: PARIS: SANDIEGO + SANFRANCISCO+ SINGAPORE - SYDNEY + TOKYOContents Preface 1. Stresses in boiler shells Auxiliary boilers Water tube boilers Superheaters and uptake heat exchangers Boiler mountings Combustion of fuel in boilers : Boiler operation Index SN Gy es ee vi 27 49 67 91 105 li?SI UNITS Mass = kilogramme (kg) Force = newton (N) Length = metre (m) Pressure = newton/sq metre (N/m’} Temperature = degrees celsius CC) CONVERSIONS Linch = 25-4 mm = 0-025 m 1 foot = 0-3048 m 1 square foot = 0-093 m? 1 cubic foot = 0-028 m* 1 pound mass (Ib) = 0-453 ke 1 UK ton (mass) = 2240 Ib = 1016 kg 1 short ton (mass) = 2000 Ib = 907 kg I tonne (mass) = 1000 kg 1 pound force (Ibf)= 4-45 N 1 ton force (tonf) = 9-96 KN 1kg=9-81N 0-001 in = 0-025 mm J Ibffin® = 6895 N/m? = 6-895 kNjm? 1 kp/em’ = 102 kN/en* 14-7 Ibffin® = 101-35 kN/m? 4-5 Ibf/in? = 100 kN/m? Note: For approximate conversion of pressure units 100 kN/m’ = 1 bar = 1 kg/cm’ = 1 atmos Ltonf/in? = 15 440 KN/m* = 15-44 MN/m* LHP = 0-746 kW