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Q: boiler repair/maintenance with asbestos insulation ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: boiler repair/maintenance with asbestos insulation
Category: Science > Technology
Asked by: pinney-ga
List Price: $25.00
Posted: 14 May 2002 18:35 PDT
Expires: 21 May 2002 18:35 PDT
Question ID: 16278
Where is a source for procedures or protocols in regards to repair,
maintenance, or modification of  high temperature boilers used in
power generating plants that used insulation containing asbestos from
the 1950's through 1970?
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Subject: Re: boiler repair/maintenance with asbestos insulation
Answered By: juggler-ga on 14 May 2002 20:39 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
The Library of Congress holds many books and serials on the care and
maintenance of boilers. Here are some of the titles that they have:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Committee. [from old catalog] Suggested rules for care of power
boilers. New York [n.d.]
v. 20-28 cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ289.A6

Armstrong, Harry Clifford. Boiler management, maintenance and
inspection ; a handbook for boiler owners and boiler attendants, by H.
C. Armstrong and C. V. Lewis. 2d ed., rev. London, C. Griffin, 1948.
xii, 160 p. illus. 20 cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ289 .A68 1948

Gould, Marvin. [from old catalog] Notes on operation of stam heating
boilers & auxiliaries. Ames, Engineering Extension Service, Iowa State
College, 1952.
47 l. illus. 27 cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ289 .G6

Cullen, Wallace J. [from old catalog] Boiler inspection and the
construction boilermaker, [1st ed.] Scranton, Pa., International
Correspondence Schools [1964] 63 p. illus. 23 cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ286
.C8

Donovan, Robert G. [from old catalog] Steam boiler operation and
maintenance, [Ed. 1.] Scranton, International Correspondence Schools
[1965]
45, 2 p. illus. 23 cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ286 .D65

Jenkyns, Claudius P. [from old catalog] Boiler users' guide, specially
written for the factory owner and his engineer, London, New York
[etc.] Hutchinson's scientific and technical publications [1945] 196
p. illus., plates, diagrs. (1 fold.) 22 cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ285 .J4

Nye, Edwin P. [from old catalog] Types of steam generators, [Ed. 1]
Scranton, International Correspondence Schools, 1964. 120 p. illus. 23
cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ286 .N9

Society of Chemical Industry, London. Corrosion Group. [from old
catalog]
Caustic cracking in steam boilers: London [Society of Chemical
Industry] 1953.
41 p. illus., tables. 28 cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ379 .S57 1952

Williams, John Norman. [from old catalog] Boiler house practice.
[Rev. 2d ed.] London, Allen & Unwin [1956] 624 p. illus. 24 cm. CALL
NUMBER: TJ275 .W747 1956

Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.) Brief Description: Rules for
construction of heating boilers : report of subcommittee of Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Committee on heating boilers. New York, N.Y. :
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, c1966- v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
1966 ed.- CALL NUMBER: TH7470 .A5

Arkansas. Boiler Inspection Division. [from old catalog] Rules and
regulations governing the inspection, intsallation and operation of
steam boilers,
Little Rock, 1952. 82 p. illus. 21 cm. CALL NUMBER: TJ303.A7 A52

Source: Library of Congress catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov/search terms used: boiler, power, maintenance

I hope this helps. Good luck.

Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 14 May 2002 20:41 PDT
The URL for the Library of Congress catalog should have simply been:
http://catalog.loc.gov/
pinney-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars

Comments  
Subject: Re: boiler repair/maintenance with asbestos insulation
From: davidsar-ga on 14 May 2002 19:34 PDT
 
Check out this page for a lot of asbestos info -- not all available on
line, but it might help out:

http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/asbestos/pubs.htm

Cheers...and stay healthy

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