Water tube marine boilers

Water tube marine boilers

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Water tube steam boiler
A water tube marine steam boiler consists of a large number of closely spaced water tubes connected to one or more drums, which act as water pockets and steam separators, giving rapid water circulation and quick steaming.
On their way to the funnel the flue gases from the boiler pass a superheater and an economizer. In many marine boilers an air preheater is installed after the economizer, to preheat the combustion air before it is blown into the boilers' furnaces.
Other types of water tube boilers are Babcock & Wilcox boilers, Eckrohr boilers and Yarrow boilers. A special kind of water-tube boiler is the forced-circulation boiler where the boiler water circulates rapidly through the tubes by means of a pump.

  1. Smoke uptake
  2. Economizer
    A heat exchanger that transfers heat from Boiler Flue Gases to Boiler Feedwater.
  3. Steam Outlet
    Saturated steam from the Steam Drum to the Superheater
  4. Cyclone
    A device inside the drum that is used to prevent water and solids from passing over with the steamoutlet.
  5. Stay tube
    for superheater
  6. Stays
    for superheater tubes
  7. Superheated steam outlet
  8. Superheater
    A bank of tubes, in the exhaust gas duct after the boiler, used to heat the steam above the saturation temperature.
  9. Superheater Headers
    Distribution and collecting boxes for the superheater tubes.
  10. Water Drum
  11. Burner
  12. Waterwall Header
    Distribution box for Waterwall and downcomers.
  13. Footing
    It is a prop that supports the entire boiler.
  14. Membrane-Panel
    A water-wall. Normally used as furnace walls.
  15. Waterwall Header
    Distribution box for Waterwall and downcomers.
  16. Back side Waterwall
  17. Boiler hood
  18. Waterwall Header
    Collecting box for Waterwall and risers.
  19. Riser
    The water-steam emulsion rises in these tubes toward the steamdrum.
  20. Downcomer
    A tube through which water flows downward. These tubes are normally not heated, and the boiler water flows through them to supply the generating tubes.
  21. Steam Drum
    Separates the steam from the water.
  22. Economizer Header
    Distribution box for the economizer tubes.