Steam, Its Generation and Use

by Jeff Penca (Compiler)

Overview

The most comprehensive and descriptive book on steam. Although written almost 90 years ago the history, uses and principles still apply today in major industrial applications.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149199846
Publisher:	Infinite Beacon Publishing
Publication date:	04/14/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	406,681
File size:	377 KB

About the Author

The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) is a U.S.-based company that provides design, engineering, manufacturing, construction and facilities management services to nuclear, renewable, fossil power, industrial and government customers worldwide. B&W's boilers supply more than 300,000 megawatts of installed capacity in over 90 countries around the world. A reactor from B&W was destroyed by a nuclear meltdown in the Three Mile Island accident. During World War II, over half of the US Navy fleet was powered by Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The company has its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has major operations in Lynchburg, Virginia; Barberton, Ohio; Euclid, Ohio; Lancaster, Ohio; West Point, Mississippi; Mount Vernon, Indiana; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Erwin, Tennessee, Amarillo, Texas; Cambridge, Ontario; Esbjerg, Denmark; and Straubing, Germany. B&W also has joint major joint venture companies in Beijing, China and Pune, India.