The steam used for sootblowing is usually
a) greater than boiler drum pressure
b) wet unsaturated steam
c) the same as boiler drum pressure
d) superheated at the sootblower nozzle
e) mixed with compressed air
Answer: D
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Sootblowers
- Soot and ash are undesirable on tube surfaces because they
- Shot cleaning pellets are transported to the top of the boiler
- Shot cleaning pellets have a diameter of approximately
- A stationary sootblower
- While a steam sootblower is in operation it is cooled by
- During a sootblowing operation the boiler firing rate should be at least
- A long retractable sootblower will
- A furnace wall sootblower sequence of operation is
- In addition to reducing heat transfer, soot and ash on fireside tubes also