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“ A bearing is a mechanical part that supports a moving joint ”
Types of Bearing
Ball Bearings.
Thrust Ball Bearings.
Spherical Roller Bearings.
Cylindrical Roller Bearings.
Tapered Roller Bearings.
Needle Roller Bearings
Bearing Details and Uses
Ball Bearing
Ball bearings are one of the most common types of bearing classes used. It consists of a row of balls as rolling elements. They are trapped between two annulus-shaped metal pieces. These metal pieces are known as races. The inner race is free to rotate
Advantages of ball bearings :
Good wear resistance
Do not need much lubrication
Provide low friction
Long service life
Easy to replace
Disadvantages of ball bearings:
May break due to shocks
Can be quite loud
Cannot handle large weights
Taper Roller Bearing
Tapered roller bearings are rolling element bearings that can support axial forces (i.e., they are good thrust bearings) as well as radial forces.
Tapered roller bearings can support high radial load.
Tapered roller bearings can be adjusted and dismantled, which makes mounting easy.
Needle Roller Bearing
Needle roller bearings are made up of needle rollers and cages. The cage prevents the needle rollers from contacting each other, allowing for smooth rolling.
They are used in a wide range of applications, including:
Cars, Motorcycles, Electric machinery, Machine tools, Aerospace devices.
They are relatively expensive compared to other types of bearings and they tend to produce more noise.
Boiler
explosion history
tells that an industrial boiler is a potential bomb and have chance toexplode without precaution
Cause :
Main Possible Causes of Industrial Boiler Explosions
Few common cause for boiler explosion such as.
1. Failure of the boiler safety .
2. Reckless management is the main cause of every accident .
Type of Boiler Safety
1.Low or
high water level alarm.
2.Too low
water level alarm and shut down.
3.Water
level indicators.
4.High
pressure cut off switch .
5.High and
Low pressure cut off.
6.Fusible
Plug .
7.Photocell
8.Boiler Mabrey
9.Safety
Valve
Details on safety
Water Safety
Water Indicators :Water indicator show the boiler drum water level or it
should be always 70% of total boiler capacity.
Boiler Mobrey :
Boiler Mobrey is very useful safety in boiler . It work with
two or three safety of boiler .
Low
water alarm .
Very
very low water alarm and cut off (it command to stop the boiler operation
.)
Maintained the boiler drum level water
and interlock with boiler feed pump.
Boiler
Boiler Pressure Switch
Pressure Switch working with two method .
1st
Cut off the boiler when it reach the setting pressure .
2nd
it command to modulation and start the modulation in low fire .
3nd if the boiler pressure reach the
tripping point of pressure switch than pressure switch command to boiler
for stop fire .
Pressure switch is also very important safety
for boiler
Boiler Fusible
Plug
When the
water level goes below the fusible plug, the lead present inside
the Plug gets melted because of super-heated steam and now the
water from the boiler shell comes out and wets the flue gases and even disrupts
the combustion thereby protecting the Steam Boiler from
any mishap that may have happened otherwise.
Difference Between Boiler Accessories and Boiler Mounting
BOILER
MOUNTINGS
These are the components generally mounted on the surface of the boiler to have
safety during operation. These are the essential parts of the boiler, without
which the boiler operation is not possible. The following are the important
mountings of the boiler:
These are those devices which are installed with a boiler and its neighboring
area to increase the efficiency of the boiler. These are not the essential part
of the boiler and thus without installing these devices, the boiler operation
can be accomplished though at a lower efficiency.
This method
calculates boiler efficiency by using the basic efficiency formula-
ฮท=(Energy
output)/(Energy input) X 100
In order to
calculate boiler efficiency by this method, we divide the total energy output
of a boiler by total energy input given to the boiler, multiplied by hundred.
Calculation
of direct efficiency-
E= [Q
(Hg-hf)/q*GCV]*100
Where,
Q= Quantity
of steam generated (kg/hr)
Hg= Enthalpy
of steam (Kcal/kg)
hf= Enthalpy
of water (kcal/kg)
q= Quantity of fuel
GCV= Gross
calorific value of the fuel
Enthalpy : Heat Content of system at constant pressure
H :
U + PV
U : Internal Energy ( E) ,
P : External Pressure , V : Volume
GCV : The
amount of heat energy produced on complete combustion of 1 kg of fuel
Example : 1
Total Steam Generate : 30000 kg
Total fuel Consumption : 2000 ltr ( HSD ) High Speed Diesel
E= [Q
(Hg-hf)/q*GCV]*100
Q : 30000 kg
Steam Pressure : 8 kg/cm2
q : 2000 ltr Feed Water Temperature : 60 degree
1> Enthalpy of steam on 8 kg/cm2 : 661 Kcal/Kg
2> Enthalpy of Water at 60 degree : 60 Kcal/ kg
3> GCV Value of fuel ( HSD ) :
10800 Kcal/kg
Step : 1 Hg : 661 ,
hf : 60 > 661-60 = 601
= (30000( 661-60)/ 2000 x 10800)X100
= ( 30000( 601)/21600000) x 100
= (18030000/ 21600000) X 100
= 83.4 %
Example : 2
Total Steam Generate : 30000 kg
Total fuel Consumption : 3500 kg Coal
E= [Q
(Hg-hf)/q*GCV]*100
Q : 30000 kg
Steam Pressure : 8 kg/cm2
q : 3500 kg Feed Water Temperature : 60 degree
1> Enthalpy of steam on 8 kg/cm2 : 661 Kcal/Kg
2> Enthalpy of Water at 60 degree : 60 Kcal/ kg
3> GCV Value of fuel ( coal ) :
5800 Kcal/kg
Step : 1 Hg : 661 ,
hf : 60 > 661-60 = 601
= (30000( 661-60)/ 3500 x 5800)X100
= ( 30000( 601)/20300000) x 100
= (18030000/ 20300000) X 100
= 88.81 %
Steam Enthalpy Chart
Enthalpy
of Water Chart on Temperature based
GCV Value of fuel
HSD : Gross
calorific value of Diesel or HSD is 10800 Kcal/kg
A steam
trap is an mechanical devicethat
holds the steam andallow the condenses
to flow out .
Types of Steam Traps :
Thermodynamic Steam Trap Valve
Thermostatic Steam Trap Valve
Float Steam Trap Valve
Inverted Bucket Steam Trap
Valve
Why Steam Traps Used :
We know that Steam generate from water at a particular temperature . When steam flow in pipes its temperature decrease and start to convert in water again or when heating a vessel steam convert into condensate or water .
Property of Steam :
Steam is an
invisible gas created by adding heat energy to water. It is liquid water
changed to its gaseous state at particular pressure and temperature or easily
convert again in water when temp decrease .
What is Steam Condensate : When the temperature of steam
decrease than steam start to convert in water molecules .
Design of Trap Valve
Parts of Steam Trap Valve :
1. Insulation Cap
2. Cover
3. Disc
4. Body
5. Strainer
6. Strainer Plug
7. Blow down valve (optional )
Working of Steam Trap Valve :
At star-up, air will enter the steam trap and will be discharged out through the bleed hole. 2. As condensate enters the trap, it forms a water seal inside the body. The weight of the bucket keeps the valve off its seat and so condensate can flow around the bottom of the bucket and out of the trap