Steam Power

P o w e r - p l a n t control and i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n

The c o n t r o l of b o i l e r s a n d HRSG s y s t e m s

David L i n d s l e y

The Institution of Electrical Engineers

To my wife, Jo. Thanks for everything, especially your patience and eagle-eyed spotting of errors during the checking of this book.

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