Border Theory and Principles Exercise 2

Reading Comprehension.

Answer the questions.

1. What are steam boilers called?

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2. In what percet is steam used in manufactured products.

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3. In what places is steam used as a comfort heating?

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4. What are electric generators driven by? __________

and what do they also use? ______________________

5. Terminology and operating principles is applied to what types of boilers?

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6. What do boiler operators have to have?

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7. What do rising fuel costs dictate?

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Border Theory and Principles Exercise 1

Translate the following sentences.

1. Steam boilers have been called the workhorses of America.

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2. Steam is used in one way or another in over 95% of all manufactured products.

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3. Steam is also vital to comfort heating in commercial,
institutional, and industrial facilities.

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4. In addition the great majority of the electric generators

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5. producing electricity today are driven by steam turbines using steam produced boilers.

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6. There are several primary types of boilers and many individual design configurations,

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7. but most of the terminology and operating principles
associated with boilers apply to all of them.

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8. The basic functional subsystems needed for boiler operations

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9. are consistent among the various designs as well.

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10. The safe generation and use of steam requires that boiler operators

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11. have a clear understanding of these principles and subsystems.

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12. In addition, rising fuel costs dictate that boiler operators

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13. be more knowledgeable today than ever in operating their boiler systems efficiently.

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Border Theory and Principles.

Steam boilers have been called the workhorses of America. Steam is used in one way or another in over 95% of all manufactured products. Steam is also vital to comfort heating in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities.
In addition the great majority of the electric generators producing electricity today are driven by steam turbines using steam produced boilers.
There are several primary types of boilers and many individual design configurations, but most of the terminology and operating principles associated with boilers apply to all of them. The basic functional subsystems needed for boiler operations are consistent among the various designs as well. The safe generation and use of steam requires that boiler operators have a clear understanding of these principles and subsystems.
In addition, rising fuel costs dictate that boiler operators be more knowledgeable today than ever in operating their boiler systems efficiently.

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