BOILER

FUCTION

DEFINITION

A boiler is defined as "a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is

heated, steam or vapor is generated, steam is superheated, or any
combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum, for use external to itself,
by the direct application of energy from the combustion of fuels, from
electricity or nuclear energy."

BOILER PARTS

BOILER PARTS

SIMPLE BOILER

MODERN BOILER

Key Components of Boilers are

Burner The burner is the component of boiler that provides the heat that heats the water of system. The fuels
used can be natural gas or oil.
Heat exchanger The heat exchanger of boiler allows the heat from the burner to heat the water in system.
The job of the heat exchanger is to carry the heat from the burner to the water without having direct contact with
the water. Its a similar idea to boiling water in a pot.
Supply lines Hydronic heating systems use piping to deliver the heated water or steam to the distribution
points, and the supply lines are the pipes that distribute the hot water or steam to distributor.
Return lines When the water cools, or the steam cools and changes states back to water, the return lines
bring this water back to the boiler for re-heating.
Firebox The firebox is where the fuel of system meets the air, creating a flame.
Refractory Refractory actually refers to refractory materials that are used for filling any gaps and/or openings
that may be around the fire box this helps ensure the fire stays in the fire box.
Circulator pumps circulator pumps push the hot water or steam from system to the heat distributors in our
homes.
Deaerators/Condenser Deaerator and condenser tanks are only used in steam boiler systems and not in hot
water and hot oil boil because here the fluid always is on liquid form. The construction of these two types of
tanks is almost identical, but as their names suggest, they are used for different purposes.Two primary principles
are used with this form of tank design: thermal and vacuum. This depends on which type of boiler being used.
Each principle also has different pump construction requirements.

Thermo principle
A tank using the thermal principle is connected to the atmosphere. This design is normally used in smaller plants.
Here, steam is used to maintain tank water temperature at around 105C, which removes air from the water.

Vacuum principle
Here, an ejector pump is used to create a vacuum in the tank. This causes the tank water to start boiling because
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of the low temperature, which in turn removes air from the water. This principle is normally used for
steam
turbine applications.

TECHNICAL VISIT

Objectives
the alcides carrion
hospital , is one biggest
hospitals in lima so it need
a system to
cook,wash,Sterilize,etc.
that system is a steam
generator .
So we need to learn about
a boiler functions and
applications.

Boilers Parts

1.Steam Boiler Room Questions & Answers, Third Edition by Stephen

M.Elonka and Alex Higgins
2. Steam Boiler Operation by James J.Jackson, Prentice-Hall Inc, New Jersey,
1980.
3. Boilers by Carl D. Shields, McGraw Hill Book Company, U.S, 1961.
4. Industrial Heat Generation and Distribution -NIFES Training Manual Issued
For CEC India Energy Bus Project
5. Practical Boiler Water Treatment by Leo.I.Pincus, McGraw Hill Inc, New
York, 1962.
6. Technical Papers, Boiler Congress-2000 Seminar, 11 & 12 January 2000
7. Industrial Boilers by David Gunn and Robert Horton, Longman Scientific &
Technical, New York
8. Steam Generation, Distribution and Utilisation by TERI, GTZ and EMC
9. Efficient Operation of Boilers by National Productivity Council

REFERENCES

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