PRESENTATION ON:BOILER AND ITS

TYPES

Presented by:Ahsan Saeed

Afzaal Akram
Amjad Farooq
Adnan Bashir
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WHAT IS BOILER ?
A boiler is a closed vessel in which heat changes water, under
pressure, into steam.
There are two major types of boiler are as following:1. Fire tube boiler

2. water tube boiler

BOILER BASICS PRINCIPLE

1 ST OF ALL LET US EXPLAIN THE BOILER FEED

WATER WHICH IS BOILED UNDER PRESSURE
WITH THE HELP OF ANIMATED VIDEO.

1. FIRE TUBE BOILER

A fire tube boiler consist of a large steel cylinder (shell) that consist
a nest of small diameter steel tubes. Hot combustion gasses pass
through the tubes and transfer heat to the water into the shell. Fire
tube submerged in the water.
Applications:It is used for low pressure.
It is used for low capacity.
It is used in especially small plants.
For steam ranges up to 25 T/hr. and 17.5 kg/cm^2
Merits:Low capital cost and fuel efficient 82%.

BASIC ANIMATED VIDEO OF

FIRE TUBE BOILER

LET US OBSERVE
LANCASHIRE FIRE TUBE
BOILER

2. WATER TUBE BOILER

A water tube boiler differs from a fire tube boiler in the location of
water and gas flow. The water circulates through the tubes and hot
and combustion gasses flow through the furnace. The hot gasses
contact the tubes and heat transfer to the water. The crosssectional area of water tubes in much smaller than that of the shell
of a fire tube boiler. Thus water tube boiler can handle higher
steam pressures and temperatures than fire tube boiler.
A fire tube boiler has some advantages over a water tube boiler of
compressible steam capacity. It occupies less space, and is less
costly to purchase and install. Fire tube boiler also have certain
drawbacks. The shells have larger surface area limits steams
temperature and pressure.
Overall water tube boiler are safer, more efficient and more flexible
than fire tube boilers. Water tube boilers respond more quickly to
changes in steam demand and carry high overloads explosives are
less likely in a water tube boiler pressure is exerted on small

Applications:1.

For steam ranges 5.5-130 T/hr.

2. It is used for power plants.

Merits:3. It is used as high capacity steam boilers.

Demerits:4. Efficient control system needed.

Capital cost is high.

BABCOCK AND WILCOX

WATER TUBE BOILER