Kraft Recovery Boilers
Reviewed by Thomas E. Vaught, Chief Engineer, Longview Fibre Company.
This book is a smorgasbord of knowledge on Kraft recovery boilers. The list of authors, contributors and reviewers represents a significant part of the people currently active in research in Kraft recovery boilers. There are 12chapters and each is authored by an expert in the field and reviewed by another. The smorgasbord analogy is used because the text offers almost every area dealing with the subject of Kraft recovery boilers. Each chapter in itself is on a particular subject and anyone with a bit of knowledge of the Kraft recovery boiler could pick up the book and begin with any chapter to find out information of a particular nature. The 12 chapters, which define the presented subjects, are:
1. General Characteristics of Kraft Black Liquor Recovery Boilers
2. Recovery Boiler Chemistry
3. Black Liquor Properties
4. Black Liquor Spray Nozzles
5. Black Liquor Droplet Burning Processes
6. Char Bed Processes
7. Recovery Boiler Air Supply and Gas Flows
8. Recovery Boiler Air Emissions
9. Upper Furnace Deposition and Plugging
10. Recovery Boiler Corrosion
11. Recovery Boiler Safety
12. Recovery Boiler Design and Control
For a text with several authors, the consistency and superb quality of the tables, diagrams, and calculations is a pleasant surprise. The illustrations are frequent, meaningful, and well labeled. They add considerably to the text. Likewise, tables are labeled and easy to read. In both the text and tables, the use of metric and English units make for easier study. Tables and illustrations are usually next to the referenced text and are very helpful in improving the understanding of the subject. At the end of each chapter there is a table of nomenclature used in that chapter. Another valuable feature is the listing of further reading at the end of each chapter. There are over 270 references listed for further reading, predominantly from the 1990s. Each of the individual chapters is laid out with subject titles and subtitles to make it very easy to find a specific subject.
The book is an expanded and updated book on the same subject that was written in 1988. It is obvious from the dates on the reference materials that there has been a great deal of research that has gone on since that date. As stated by the editor, Terry Adams, only ten percent of the information in this book was in the previous edition. Much of the information presented, such as the corrosion of recovery boiler tubing, are the most recent discoveries and analysis of problems available. It varies widely from the complex theoretical work done by research scientists to the practical aspects of solving problems, operating safely and testing methods to utilize. The book is a very comprehensive text on the Kraft recovery boiler and should be in every mill library and consultant’s office. It should be helpful to anyone wanting information about the Kraft recovery boiler.
Reviewed by: Terry N. Adams, Wm. James Frederick, Thomas M. Grace, Mikko Hupa , Kristiina Iisa, Andrew K. Jones, Honghi Tran
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