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WATER TUBE BOILER and Fire Tube Boiler

The Babcock and Wilcox boiler is a water-tube boiler with a longitudinal drum connected to a series of inclined water tubes. Hot gases from combustion pass upwards between the inclined tubes, heating the water inside the tubes. Steam is collected in the drum and exits through the main stop valve. Typical capacities are 20,000-40,000 kg/hr of steam at pressures up to 250 bar, used primarily for electricity generation. The Cochran boiler is a fire-tube boiler with a cylindrical shell and dome shape top. Combustion gases pass through horizontal fire tubes surrounded by water, heating the water to produce steam. It operates at lower pressures than the Babcock boiler, with typical capacities of 3,500 kg/hr

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WATER TUBE BOILER and Fire Tube Boiler

The Babcock and Wilcox boiler is a water-tube boiler with a longitudinal drum connected to a series of inclined water tubes. Hot gases from combustion pass upwards between the inclined tubes, heating the water inside the tubes. Steam is collected in the drum and exits through the main stop valve. Typical capacities are 20,000-40,000 kg/hr of steam at pressures up to 250 bar, used primarily for electricity generation. The Cochran boiler is a fire-tube boiler with a cylindrical shell and dome shape top. Combustion gases pass through horizontal fire tubes surrounded by water, heating the water to produce steam. It operates at lower pressures than the Babcock boiler, with typical capacities of 3,500 kg/hr

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WATER TUBE BOILER

Babcock and Wilcox boiler


Babcock and Wilcox is a water-tube boiler is an example of horizontal inclined tube boiler it also a High
Pressure Boiler.
Construction: Babcock and Wilcox boiler with longitudinal drum. It consists of a drum connected to a
series of front end and rear end header by short riser tubes. To these headers are connected a series of
inclined water tubes of solid drawn mild steel. The angle of inclination of the water tubes to the
horizontal is about 15° or more.

Working: The fire door the fuel is supplied to grate where it is burnt. The hot gases are forced to move
upwards between the tubes by baffle plates provided. The water from the drum flows through the
inclined tubes via down take header and goes back into the shell in the form of water and steam via
uptake header. The steam gets collected in the steam space of the drum. The steam then enters through
the ant priming pipe and flows in the superheated tubes where it is further heated and is finally taken
out through the main stop valve and supplied to the Steam turbine or Steam engine when needed.
The pressure of steam in case of cross drum boiler may be as high as 100 bar and steaming capacity up
to 27000 kg/h.
At the lowest point of the boiler is provided a mud collector to remove the mud particles through a blow-
dawn-cock.
Capacity and Utility
 Evaporative capacity ranges from 20000 to 40000 kg/hr
 Operative pressure ranges from 250 bar
 Steam formed from such boilers is primarily used to run steam turbines and generate electric
power.

FIRE TUBE BOILER


Cochran boiler
It is one of the best types of vertical multi-tubular boiler, and has a number of horizontal fire tubes it
also a Low Pressure Boiler.
Construction: Cochran boiler consists of a cylindrical shell with a dome shaped top where the space is
provided for steam. The furnace is one piece construction and is seamless. Its crown has a hemispherical
shape and thus provides maximum volume of space.

Working: The fuel is burnt on the grate and ash is collected and disposed of from ash pit. The gases of
combustion produced by burning of fuel enter the combustion chamber through the flue
tube and strike against fire brick lining which directs them to pass through number of horizontal tubes,
being surrounded by water. After which the gases escape to the atmosphere through smoke
box and chimney.

 Working pressure 6.5 bar (max. pressure = 20 bar)


 Steam capacity 3500 kg/hr (max. capacity = 4000 kg/hr)
 Efficiency 70 to 75% (depending on the fuel used)

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