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monitoring of changes in return water temperature and respective reduction or increase of water
flow, supplied by a network pump through a boiler or multiple boilers.
Always note that an acidic condensate emerges on the boiler heating surface at a too low return
water temperature, that results in a much shorter boiler’s service life; besides, a caked resin
reduces the boiler’s efficiency rate and boosts the amount of fuel used.
7.5.5. When connecting boilers with a combustion chamber for burning a wood waste (shavings,
sawdust) and upon using them, apart from these instructions, it is necessary to comply with
guidelines and requirements, set out in the combustion chamber’s technical specification.
7.6. Stopping a Boiler
A boiler may be stopped in the following cases:
- stopping by transferring the boiler to reserve, at the end of the heating season, or for
repairs and technical maintenance inspection;
- emergency boiler shutdown (boiler is shut down as soon as service staff is forced to
immediately turn the boiler off without coordinating their actions with department
management) is carried out in the following cases:
- upon increase in pressure in the boiler above the maximum operating pressure by 10% for
longer than 10 s;
- upon decrease in pressure in the boiler below an operating pressure for longer than 10 s;
- upon shutdown of more than 50% of safety valves (including operating through collars,
non-return valves, mounted on the feed flow line);
- upon failure of network pumps (unacceptably low water flow through the boiler);
- upon drop in a water level in the heating system;
- upon break of water route pipes, upon detection of bursts, cracks, bloats in major boiler
components (a furnace, funnels, reverse chamber) or at the outside of the boiler, water
leaks through the welded seams;
- upon loss of flue pipe thrust behind the boiler or upon failure of exhauster;
- upon explosion in the furnace, upon explosion or ignition of combustible debris in flue
pipes or in gas cleaning facilities, as well as other cases where employees or equipment are
at risk;
- upon loss of voltage in remote and automatic control or measurement devices.
7.6.1. When stopping a boiler in order to transfer it to reserve, first, burn the fuel layer, next,
switch a fan off, tightly close s door for a boiler modification with an air intake system, and allow
the boiler to cool. The boiler is disconnected from an overall heating system (see Picture 6.4.2 or
6.4.3, pos. 2 and 3) by means of valves only when no coal is left in the fuel level! Monitoring of
exhaust gas from the water heating boiler can be stopped at least 24 hours after boiler shutdown.
7.6.2 Upon emergency boiler shutdown, a burning fuel layer must be extinguished (i.e., by pouring
a sand) or removed from the furnace. In any case, before it, please, turn the fan off (if it is not
turned off automatically), thus, interrupting the air supply into the combustion chamber, and keep
the control console turned on, with an emergency situation causes and settings displayed on it.
After having removed the fuel from the combustion chamber or having extinguished it, both boiler
doors must be left open to let the boiler cool down. Further steps are as described in clause 7.6.1
above. In both cases of stopping the boiler, do not allow the boiler valve to close and do not turn
the smoke exhauster off, except for an emergency when the soot ignites in flue pipes.
7.6.3 During the operation, boiler heating surfaces must be cleaned regularly. Cleaning frequency
depends on the type and quality of fuel, as well as on the properly selected boiler operating mode.
Furnace heating surfaces are cleaned and ash is removed from the boiler through the lower door