high pressure watertube boiler (also spelled water-tube and water tube) is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by fire...
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two large flues, fire-tube boilers with many small tubes, and high-pressure water-tube boilers. Their advantage over flued boilers with a single large flue...
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Yarrow boilers are an important class of high-pressure water-tube boilers. They were developed by Yarrow & Co. (London), Shipbuilders and Engineers and...
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A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water. Although the definitions are somewhat flexible, it can...
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A Field-tube boiler (also known as a bayonet tube) is a form of water-tube boiler where the water tubes are single-ended. The tubes are closed at one...
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Flued boiler With one or two large flues—an early type or forerunner of fire-tube boiler. Fire-tube boiler Here, water partially fills a boiler barrel...
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Three-drum boilers are a class of water-tube boiler used to generate steam, typically to power ships. They are compact and of high evaporative power, factors...
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The Reed water tube boiler was a type of water tube boiler developed by J. W. Reed, manager of the engine works at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company...
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transitional stage in boiler development, between the early haystack boilers and the later multi-tube fire-tube boilers. A flued boiler is characterized by...
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considered a form of water-tube boiler. The characteristic feature of this boiler are its 'thimble tubes'. These are short horizontal water tubes, closed at one...
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running through a sealed container of water Water-tube boiler, a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by hot gases from a...
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fire-tube or water-tube that is entirely below the water-level of the operating boiler. As corrosion and scaling is most active in the region of the water-level...
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Boiler water is liquid water within a boiler, or in associated piping, pumps and other equipment, that is intended for evaporation into steam. The term...
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flame and pressure within the boiler. Package boilers are commonly called water or fire tube boilers. Water tube boilers use convection heating, which...
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vertical fire-tube boiler or vertical multitubular boiler is a vertical boiler where the heating surface is composed of multiple small fire-tubes, arranged...
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The boiler is a watertube boiler, with these tubes contained within a vertical, cylindrical outer drum. This drum is double-walled and forms a water jacket...
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(1901). Water-tube boilers. p. 38. "One Atmosphere Boiler - Superheated Steam Boiler". Micropyretics Heaters Industrial. Harris, Model Boilers, pp. 63–64...
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A vertical boiler is a type of fire-tube or water-tube boiler where the boiler barrel is oriented vertically instead of the more common horizontal orientation...
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High-pressure steam locomotive (category Water-tube boilers)
leads to local overheating and failure of the tube. This was a major drawback with the early water-tube boilers, such as the Du Temple design, tested on the...
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pounds of water moving at the same velocity inside a boiler shell can easily blow out a tube sheet, collapse a firebox, even toss the entire boiler a surprising...
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water inside the boiler. In some forced circulation boilers, the water is circulated at twenty times the rate of evaporation. In water tube boilers,...
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The Stirling boiler is an early form of water-tube boiler, used to generate steam in large land-based stationary plants. Although widely used around 1900...
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cornertube boiler is a type of natural circulation water-tube boiler which differentiates itself from other water tube boilers by its characteristic water-steam...
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A flash boiler is a type of water-tube boiler. The tubes are close together and water is pumped through them. A flash boiler differs from the type of monotube...
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fire-tube boiler, in that hot flue gases pass through tubes set within a tank of water. As such, it is a descendant of the earlier Lancashire boiler, and...
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Steam drum (category Steam boiler components)
of a water-tube boiler. It is a reservoir of water/steam at the top end of the water tubes. The drum stores the steam generated in the water tubes and...
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Spiral water-tube boilers are a family of vertical water-tube boilers. Their steam generating tubes are narrow spiral tubes, arranged in circular fashion...
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A LaMont boiler is a type of forced circulation water-tube boiler in which the boiler water is circulated through an external pump through long closely...
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Firebox (steam engine) (category Steam boiler components)
the water in the boiler. Most are somewhat box-shaped, hence the name. The hot gases generated in the firebox are pulled through a rack of tubes running...
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LNER Class W1 (section Boiler)
was an experimental steam locomotive fitted with a high pressure water-tube boiler. Nigel Gresley was impressed by the results of using high-pressure...
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