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NUILPE TEST 3
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Engineering
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01/18/2012

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LIST TWO METHODS USED TO CHEMICALLY CLEAN THE WATER SIDE OF A BOILER?
Definition
CIRCULATION METHOD
SOAKING METHOD
Term
LIST 5 REASONS WHY A PRESSURE EXPLOSION MAY OCCUR AT NORMAL OPERATING PRESSURE?
Definition
OVER-STRESSING OF MATERIAL DUE TO BOILER RAPID START UP.
OVER HEATING OF MATERIAL DUE TO LOW WATER LEVEL.
OVER HEATING OF MATERIAL DUE TO BUILD UP OF SCALE,SLUDGE,OIL ON HEATING SURFACES.
OVERHEATING OF MATERIAL DUE TO FAULTY WATER CIRCULATION
WEAKENING OF MATERIAL DUE TO CORROSION.
Term
WHEN PLUGGING OFF A TUBE IN A BOILER THE PLUG TAPER SHOULD BE?
Definition
20 TO 1.
Term
WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING FREQUENT BOILER INSPECTIONS?
Definition
BOILER OPERATOR
Term
A STEAM HEATING BOILER TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR 6 MONTHS DURING THE SUMMER SHOULD BE?
Definition
DRAINED, THOROUGHLY DRIED OUT QUICK LIME PLACE INSIDE AND CLOSED UP
Term
THE FINAL STEP IN REPLACING A FIRE-TUBE IS ?
Definition
CONDUCTING A HYDROSTATIC TEST.
Term
WHO IS QUALIFIED TO DO A WELD REPAIR ON BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS?
Definition
PRESSURE WELDER.
Term
STATE THE NAME OF THE DEVICE THAT IS USED TO DETECT FINE CRACKS WHEN USED IN COMBINATION WITH A FLUORESCENT PENE-TRANT?
Definition
BLACK LIGHT.
Term
JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE WATERSIDE OF THE BOILER IT IS IMPORTANT TO?
Definition
TEST THE ATMOSPHERE.
Term
A HYDROSTATIC TEST SHOULD BE APPLIED TO A BOILER?
Definition
AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOILER INSPECTOR.
Term
WHAT IS THE WATER PRESSURE IN WHICH A BOILER IS SUBJECTED WHEN A HYDROSTATIC TEST IS BEING CARRIED OUT?
Definition
1.5 TIMES MAX.ALLOWABLE WORKING PRESSURE STAMPED ON BOILER.
Term
THE MOST POPULAR ACID FOR BOILER CLEANING IS?
Definition
5 PERCENT SOLUTION OF INHIBITED HYDROCHLORIC ACID
Term
THE MAIN FUNCTION OF A GAS BURNER IS?
Definition
MIXING OF FUEL GAS/AIR PRIOR TO IGNITION.
Term
AN INTERMITTENT PILOT?
Definition
LIGHTS THE MAIN FLAME AND REMAINS ON.
Term
THE HYDRO MOTOR VALVE?
Definition
HELPS PREVENTS PUFF BACKS.
Term
LARGER SIZE SOLENOID TYPE GAS VALVES OPEN WIDE IN APPROXIMATELY _________ SECONDS TO PREVENT A FURNACE PUFF?
Definition
4 TO 5 SECONDS.
Term
THE PISTON IN A MOTORIZED GAS VALVE IS CLOSED BY?
Definition
LOSS OF POWER
RELEASE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID
SPRING ACTION
Term
WHAT IS ADDED TO THE COAL IN A TYPICAL FBC UNIT TO ENSURE THAT THE HEATED COMPOUNDS BECOME RELATIVELY INERT?
Definition
LIMESTONE.
Term
NO2 EMISSIONS ARE REDUCED IN A FLUIDIZED BED FURNACE DUE TO THE?
Definition
REDUCED COMBUSTION TEMPERATURE.
Term
AN ATMOSPHERIC FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION UNITS THE FUEL CONTENT BY MASS OF THE TURBULENT INERT MATERIAL IS USUALLY LESS THAN ______ PERCENT?
Definition
2 PERCENT.
Term
THE COMBUSTION IN A FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION UNIT CAN BE CONTROLLED AT A FURNACE TEMPERATURE OF ___________ DEG. TO REDUCE NO2 EMISSIONS.
Definition
1562 DEG.
Term
BEFORE COAL CAN BE BURNED IN A FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION UNIT, IT IS NECESSARY TO HEAT THE INERT BED MATERIAL TO ABOUT ________ DEG.
Definition
1112 DEG.
Term
A TYPICAL TIME TO HEAT THE BED IN A FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION UNIT TO FUEL IGNITION TEMPERATURE IS ________ HOUR?
Definition
1 HOUR.
Term
A LOW PRESSURE CUT OFF SWITCH _____ THE BURNER FROM OPERATING WHEN THE GAS PRESSURE IN THE SUPPLY LINE DROPS BELOW THE PRESSURE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A STABLE FLAME AT THE BURNER?
Definition
PREVENTS.
Term
IN A MULTI-SPUD BURNER, EACH SPUD IS EQUIPPED WITH A _______
VALVE SO THAT IT MAY BE REMOVED FOR CLEANING?
Definition
SHUTOFF VALVE.
Term
STEAM ATOMIZING BURNERS REQUIRE CLEANING?
Definition
LESS OFTEN THAN MECHANICAL ATOMIZERS.
Term
USING PREHEATED AIR WITH PULVERIZED COAL?
Definition
DRIES THE COAL.
Term
BY WHAT 2 METHODS ARE NITROGEN OXIDES FORMED IN NATURAL GAS FIRED BOILERS?
Definition
THERMAL NO2
FUEL NO2
Term
WHAT ARE THE 3 CLASSIFICATIONS OF OIL BURNERS
Definition
MECHANICAL ATOMIZING BURNER
STEAM ATOMIZING BURNER
ROTARY CUP OIL BURNER
Term
NATURAL GAS IS THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR STEAM GENERATION PURPOSES IT IS A FREE OF ASH AND MIXES READILY WITH AIR TO GIVE COMPLETE _________ WITH LOW AMOUNTS OF _________?
Definition
COMBUSTION, EXCESS AIR.
Term
THE AMOUNT OF NO2 FORMED CAN BE CONTROLLED BY__________ THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS AIR USED TO COMBUSTION________THE TEMPERATURE IN THE COMBUSTION ZONE?
Definition
RESTRICTING,REDUCING
Term
THE CATALYTIC REMOVAL SYSTEM REQUIRES INJECTION OF ______ IS THE PRESENCE OF ________?
Definition
AMMONIA,CATALYST
Term
WHEN FURNACE DRAFT IS MAINTAINED AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE OR JUST BELOW THE DRAFT IS REFERRED TO?
Definition
BALANCED DRAFT
Term
THE _________ FAN PROVIDES THE VOLUME OF COMBUSTION AIR TO THE BOILER.
Definition
FORCED DRAFT
Term
THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ID AND FD FAN ON OUTPUT IS?
Definition
VARIABLE SPEED CONTROL.
Term
FEED WATER FOR A HIGH PRESSURE BOILER SHOULD BE?
Definition
SOFTENED WATER.
Term
THE REGENERANT USED TO REGENERATE A CATION EXCHANGE IN A DEMINERLIZER IS?
Definition
SULPHURIC ACID.
Term
AN OPERATING PRESSURE RANGE FOR A DEA ERATOR IS ______ PSI?
Definition
10 TO 15 PSI
Term
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A REASON TO TREAT BOILER WATER?
Definition
PREVENT THE PRESSURE IN THE BOILER FROM GOING TO HIGH.
Term
DISSOLVED GASES ARE REMOVED IN A DEAERATOR BY?
Definition
RAISING THE WATER TEMP.TO THE BOILING POINT.
Term
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A TYPE OF COAGULANT?
Definition
CALCIUM CLORIDE
Term
________ ARE CHEMICALS WHICH CAUSE THE FINE PARTICLES TO GATHER TOGETHER INTO A LARGER MASS WHICH WILL SETTLE OUT MUCH MORE READILY.
Definition
COAGULANTS.
Term
A _________ CONSISTS OF A BED OF POROUS MATERIAL THROUGH THE WATER IS PASSED EITHER BY GRAVITY OR UNDER PRESSURE?
Definition
FILTER.
Term
THE REGENERATION IS DONE BY REMOVING THE ZEOLITE SOFTENER FROM SERVICE AND FILLING IT WITH A SOLUTION OF ___________.
Definition
BRINE.
Term
FLOC IS?
Definition
A SPONGY SUBSTANCE ADDED IN WATER COAGULANT.
Term
LIST THE 3 TYPES OF DEAERATORS?
Definition
SPRAY TYPE
TRAY TYPE
BUBBLER TYPE
Term
EXCESS SULPHITE IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT?
Definition
PITTING.
Term
WHEN CONDUCTING A TDS, OR TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS TEST THE IMPURITY'S WHICH HAS A HISGH CONDUCTIVITY AND MUST BE NEUTRALIZED IS THE?
Definition
HYDROXIDE ALKALINITY.
Term
CHEMICALS ARE USUALLY FED TO A BOILER?
Definition
WITH A SMALL POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP.
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