Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 113
t of sediment in the boiler supply from a pond produced athin scale which gradually worked oflf and collected in the tubes wherethe circulation was slow. But scale is not a necessary requirement for tube failures because offaulty feedwater. Free oxygen in boiler water that had not been… … Figure j—A bank of tubes in which magnetic oxide formed due toexcessively high temperatures. Difficulties with Superheater Tubes Sometimes superheater tubes are starved because of improperoperating practices in starting the boiler and in shutting it down. Arecent article in Combustion discussed…
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