Modern High Pressure Boilers
A boiler which generates steam at a pressure of 85 kgf/sq.cm or above is termed as a “high pressure boiler”. The present tendency is towards the use of high pressure…
Lancashire Boiler
It is a stationary, fire tube, internally fired boiler. The size is approximately from 7-9 meters in length and 2-3 meters in diameter. Construction of Lancashire Boiler: It consists of…
Simple vertical boiler
The image shows the simplest form of an internally fired vertical fire-tube boiler. It does not require heavy foundation and requires very small floor area. Cylindrical shell: The shell is…
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…
Types of boilers
Boilers can be classified as follows: 1. According to the flow of water and hot gases – fire tube (or smoke tube) and water tube boilers. In fire tube boilers,…
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…
