La Mont Boiler Working and Construction
A forced circulation boiler was first introduced by La-Mont in the year 1925 which is used in Europe and America. This is a modern high pressure boiler (water tube type steam boilers)…
Loeffler Boiler
This is also a modern high pressure water tube boiler using the forced circulation principle and named after Prof.Loeffler. Salient features of Loeffler Boiler The novel feature of the Loeffler Boiler is to evaporate water…
Benson Boiler
The presence of steam bubbles in contact with the surface of tubes seriously impairs heat transmission from the flue gases to water. By rising the boiler pressure to the critical…
Cochran boiler
It is a multi-tubular vertical fire tube boiler having a number of horizontal fire tubes. T is the modification of a simple vertical boiler where the heating surface has been…
Advantages and disadvantages of water tube boilers over fire tube boilers
Advantages water tube boilers 1. Steam can be generated at very high pressures. 2. Heating surface is more in comparison with the space occupied, in the case of water tube boilers. 3. Steam…
Babcock and Wilcox Boiler
It is a water tube boiler used in steam power plants. In this, water is circulated inside the tubes and hot gases flow over the tubes. Construction of Babcock and…
Steam (Thermal) power Plant
A steam power plant, also known as thermal power plant, is using steam as working fluid. Steam is produced in a boiler using coal as fuel and is used to…
Hazardous Area Classification
Area Classification The type of protective technique selected and the level of protection it must provide depend upon the potential hazard caused by using electrical apparatus in a location where…
HRSG Duct Burner – Combustion Air
Combustion Air and Turbine Exhaust Gas Temperature and Composition Oxygen used for supplementary firing in HRSG co-generation applications is provided by the residual in the turbine exhaust gas instead of…
Igniter Classification
Igniter: A permanently installed device that provides proven ignition energy to light off the main burner. Class 1 Igniter. An igniter that is applied to ignite the fuel input through…
