 | 1/ GENERAL RULES | |
- Combustion
- Chemical transformations
- Fuels
- The different boiler technologies: water-tubes, smoke-tubes, mixed (diagrams)
- The different combustion systems (diagrams)
- The different kinds of chimneys
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| 2/ THE NATURE OF CLOGGING | |
2.1/ On the fireside - Unburnt carbons
- Ashes
- Sulfates and chloride
2.2/ On the waterside |
| 3/ THE ORIGINS OF CLOGGING | |
3.1/ On the fireside - The 3 golden rules of combustion
- Fuels
- Fuel-oils, coals, wood, industrial and domestic waste
- Combustion systems
- The burner/boiler or grid/boiler combination
- The flame temperature (graph)
- The boiler's running conditions
- Short-term or long-term stoppages
3.2/ On the waterside
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| 4/ THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLOGGING | |
- On the efficiency
- On the financial side
- On the environment
- On the equipment's lifespan
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| 5/ THE MEANS TO FIGHT CLOGGING | |
5.1/ On the fireside
5.1.1/ On-load boilers - Steam or compressed-air soot-removal, striking, shot-blasting, vibrations (photos)
- Treating stocked fuels
- Pros and cons (facts and figures)
- Treatment inside the flame (facts and figures)
5.1.2/ Off-load boilers - Dry-cleaning (Examples with illustration and/or facts and figures)
- Water-cleaning (Examples with illustration and/or facts and figures)
- Chemical cleaning (Examples with illustration and/or facts and figures)
5.2/ On the waterside
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| 6/ SOOT-CLEANING THE SMOKE PIPES | |
- Present legislation: the new district sanitary regulations
- The means: the cane (lower port) or the hedgehog (upper port)
- Cost: theoretic cost for soot-cleaning with two men
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