Coal Bunkers – Planning, design, equipment and operation - ebook

Of the auxiliary equipment necessary for the operation of a coal-fired steam generator, particular importance is attached to the coal bunkers. As bunkers and associated discharge equipment can reciprocally influence each other’s functioning, the necessity of perfect interaction is already to be taken into account during planning.

The VGB Instruction Sheet “Coal Bunkers” contains a collection of experience and recommendations which was prepared according to the best of our knowledge but which cannot always completely reproduce the state of the art. It provides a summary of information in the field of coal bunkers which provides the user with a better overview of the specialist area and the associated regulations. The Instruction Sheet is therefore an important instrument for economisation and efficiency-boosting cooperation between manufacturers and owners/operators. Complete application or application only of excerpts must be agreed upon between the clients and the suppliers. There is no obligation to apply it. Liability, also for the factual correctness of the presentation, is excluded. 

It is requested that the experience gained with the application of this Instruction Sheet, Likewise, rights under patent law and other industrial property rights are to be clarified by the user on his/her own responsibility. and that, by way of suggestions for improvements, any shortcomings found in the presentation as well as any possibilities that arose for confusing interpretations be reported to the VGB office for evaluation. This can be a starting point for addenda or alterations.

(2009)