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Types of Boiler

Fire tube and water tube boilers are the two main types of boilers. Fire tube boilers heat water in a vessel by passing hot gases from a furnace through tubes surrounded by water. Water tube boilers contain a bundle of tubes filled with water and heated externally by hot gases from a furnace. Water tube boilers are more efficient as they have a larger heating surface area and allow water to circulate faster than fire tube boilers. However, water tube boilers are more expensive and difficult to transport and construct than fire tube boilers due to their size.

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Types of Boiler

Fire tube and water tube boilers are the two main types of boilers. Fire tube boilers heat water in a vessel by passing hot gases from a furnace through tubes surrounded by water. Water tube boilers contain a bundle of tubes filled with water and heated externally by hot gases from a furnace. Water tube boilers are more efficient as they have a larger heating surface area and allow water to circulate faster than fire tube boilers. However, water tube boilers are more expensive and difficult to transport and construct than fire tube boilers due to their size.

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TYPES OF BOILER

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Boilers

Steam Boilers Water Boilers

Fire Tube Water Tube

Internal External Horizontal


Bent Tube Cyclone Fired
Furnace Furnace Straight Tube

Horizontal Horizontal Longitudinal


Two Drum
Tubular Return Tubular Drum

Vertical
Short Fire Box Cross Drum Three Drum
Tubular

Low Head
Compact
Three Drum

Four Drum

Advantages Disadvantages
Fire Tube 1) It is quite compact in construction. 1) As the water required for operation of the boiler is
2) Fluctuation of steam demand can be quite large, it requires long time for rising steam at
met easily. desired pressure.
3) It is also quite cheap. 2) As the water and steam are in same vessel the very
high pressure of steam is not possible.
3) The steam received from fire tube boiler is not
very dry.

Water Tube 1) Larger heating surface can be 1) The main disadvantage of water tube boiler is that
achieved by using more numbers of it is not compact in construction.
water tubes. 2) Its cost is not cheap.
2) Due to convectional flow, 3) Size is a difficulty for transportation and
movement of water is much faster construction.
than that of fire tube boiler, hence rate
of heat transfer is high which results
into higher efficiency.
3) Very high pressure in order of 140
kg/cm2 can be obtained smoothly.

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