Chapter 1- Boiler Operation Principles Flashcards
What is a Boiler?
Is a closed metal container (pressure vessel) in which water is heated to produce steam or heated water
What is Steam?
Is vapor that forms when water is heated to its boiling point.
What is Heating Surface?
Is the part of the boiler where water is on one side and heat from gases of combustion on the other
What happens when you increase the sir of the combustion chamber?
By increasing the combustion changer you are increasing the heating surface
What is an Internal Furnace?
Is a furnace in a boiler that is surrounded by heating surface
What is a Condensate?
Is steam that has lost its heat and has turned to water
What is Make up water?
Make up water is added to a boiler to make up the water loss due to leaks or lost condensate
What is Feed Water?
Is water that is treated for use in a boiler
What is a Back-Flow preventer?
Is a boiler accessory that prevents the flow of water back to the portable water supply
What is Thermodynamics?
Is the science of thermal energy (heat) and how it transforms to and from other forms of energy
What is the First Law of Thermodynamics?
It states that chemical energy in the reactants equals the thermal energy in the products
What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
It states that heat always flows from a material at a high temperature to a material at a low temperature
What is Gases of Combustion?
They are gases produced by the combustion process in a boiler and discharged to the atmosphere
What is Heat?
Is the form of energy identified by a temperature difference or a change of state
What are the three changes of state for all substances?
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
What is a Solid?
Is a substance without an internal cavity that has a definite size and shape
What is a Liquid?
Is a substance that flows freely and has a definite volume but no independent shape
What is a Gas?
Is a substance that had no definite volume or independent shape that expand indefinitely
What is a change of state?
Process of removing heat or adding heat to change a substance from one physical state to another
What is sensible heat?
Change in temperature that can be measured by a thermometer or sensed by a person
What is latent heat?
Is heat identified by a change of state and no temperature change of substance
What is a BTU?
British Thermal Unit and its the amount of heat needed to raise 1lb of of by 1 degree f
What is Temperature?
Measurement of degree or intensity of heat
What is a Glass Thermometer?
A graduated glass tube that is filled mercury or alcohol that expands when heated