NAPERVILLE, Ill., Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nalco (NYSE: NLC),
providing essential expertise for water, energy and air, today at
the 2011 International Water Conference® announced the release of
the second edition of The Nalco Guide to Boiler Failure
Analysis, the comprehensive sourcebook on the subject. The
Guide offers practical advice on how to prevent failures within
boilers and steam systems, failures that can prove
catastrophic.
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The new edition has been restructured into three separate
sections: Waterside Corrosion and Damage, Fireside Corrosion and
Damage and Material Defects. Filled with more than 200 color
images, The Nalco Guide to Boiler Failure Analysis, Second
Edition, categorizes distinct failure modes that typify nearly all
boiler problems and walks the reader, step by step, through
solutions. Each type of failure is classified according to its
location, general description, critical factors, identification,
elimination, cautions, and related problems. Real-world case
histories are included throughout. This authoritative resource
contains new chapters on:
- Phosphate corrosion
- Stress-assisted corrosion
- Steam and condensate damage
- Flow-accelerated corrosion
The authors of the second edition are Nalco researchers
James Dillon (a major contributor to
the first edition of the guide), Dr. Paul
Desch and Dr. Tammy Lai, who
have updated the original work of Robert
Port and Harvey Herro with
additional case histories and a deeper look into each topic area
covering more than 12,000 failure analyses.
The new edition, containing more than 600 pages with numerous
graphics and tables, is published by McGraw-Hill and is available
through the McGraw-Hill Professional website
(http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071743006) and
more than 20 online booksellers including Amazon and Barnes &
Noble.
About Nalco
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focused on industrial water, energy and air applications;
delivering significant environmental, social and economic
performance benefits to our customers. We help our customers reduce
energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air
quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity
and end products while boosting the bottom line. Together our
comprehensive solutions contribute to the sustainable development
of customer operations. Nalco is a member of the Dow Jones
Sustainability World and North America Indexes. More than 13,000
Nalco employees operate in 150 countries supported by a
comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices
and research centers to serve a broad range of end markets. In
2010, Nalco achieved sales of $4.25
billion. For more information visit www.nalco.com.
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