Things to do at the boiler
- Regularly clean the soot from the blower fan
- Clean the water meter once per shift
- Check the safety valve, once a week
- Blow down each shift as required
- Close all oven doors
- Control flue gas flows
- Clean and drain the ash hopper every shift
- Monitor furnace smoke and control fires
- Test the automatic fuel dispenser by occasionally stopping the water supply for short periods of time.
- Periodically check for leaks
- Check the operation of valves, dampers, etc. once a week
- Grease all mechanical equipment so they work properly.
- Keep circuit breaker panels and control equipment clean.
- Keep the area clean, free of dust. Place fire-fighting equipment in a ready position at all times. Organize fire drills once a month.
- The logbook must be filled out completely
- Change the direction of the FD fan if the ID fan changes direction.
- Check or calibrate the CO2 or O2 measuring device every three months
- Periodically check steam traps
- The quality of steam and water should be checked once a day or once per shift if possible.
- Check fuel quality once a week
- Open the auxiliary heater relief valves during start-up.
- Open the air valves during start-up and shutdown.
Things you should not do at the boiler
- Do not light the torch immediately after turning off the flame
- Do not drain water unnecessarily
- Do not open oven doors unnecessarily.
- Infrequent use of safety valves (Operational control)
- Do not overload the ash hopper.
- Do not increase the burning speed beyond the limit
- No raw water supply
- Do not operate the boiler arbitrarily
- Do not actually operate the boiler overloaded
- Do not let the water level get too high or too low.
- Do not operate the boiler soot blower at high load
- Do not change direction of the ID fan while in operation.
- Do not directly observe the fire in the oven, use safety glasses
- Avoid leaving the fuel layer too thick
- Do not allow untrained employees/technicians to operate the boiler
- Do not ignore unusual signs (change in sound, change in activity, difficulty in controlling), investigate the cause
- Don’t skip annual maintenance
- Do not prime the boiler
- Do not allow steam to form in the economizer (monitor the temperature.)
- Do not leave the grate empty (spread fuel evenly)
- Do not operate the boiler with water pipes that are leaking.
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