Boiler — For the Limp Bizkit song, see Boiler (song). A portable boiler (preserved, Poland) … Wikipedia
Boiler (steam generator) — Contents 1 Steam generator (component of prime mover) 2 Boiler types 2.1 Haycock and wagon top boilers … Wikipedia
boiler — boilerless, adj. /boy leuhr/, n. 1. a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process… … Universalium
Internally riffled boiler tubes — are used to evaporate water into steam inside boilers of thermal power plants. Because of their internally riffled shape, they are more efficient. The boiling crisis takes place later, thus allowing for greater heat transfer between the pipe and… … Wikipedia
Glossary of boiler terminology — Boilers for generating steam or hot water have been designed in countless different shapes, sizes and configurations. An extensive terminology has evolved to describe their common features. This glossary provides definitions for these terms.… … Wikipedia
List of boiler types, by manufacturer — There have been a vast number of designs of steam boiler, particularly towards the end of the 19th century when the technology was evolving rapidly. A great many of these took the names of their originators or primary manufacturers, rather than a … Wikipedia
Fire-tube boiler — A fire tube boiler is a type of boiler in which hot gases from the fire pass through one or more tubes within the boiler. It is one of the two major types of boilers, the other being the water tube boiler. A fire tube boiler can be either… … Wikipedia
Sentinel boiler — Škoda Sentinel Super Sentinel steam waggon The Sentinel boiler was a design of vertical boiler, fitted to the numerous steam waggons built by the Sentinel Waggon Works. The boiler was carefully designed for use in a steam wagon: it was compact … Wikipedia
Flued boiler — Trevithick s engine of 1806 is built around an early example of a flued boiler (specifically, a return flue type) A shell or flued boiler is an early, and relatively simple, form of boiler used to make steam, usually for the purpose of driving a… … Wikipedia
Recovery boiler — is the part of Kraft process of pulping where chemicals for white liquor are recovered and reformed from black liquor. In the process lignin of the wood, bound in black liquor at this phase, is burned and heat generated. The heat is usually used… … Wikipedia
Vertical boiler with horizontal fire-tubes — Blake boiler A vertical boiler with horizontal fire tubes is a type of small vertical boiler, used to generate steam for small machinery. It is characterised by having many narrow fire tubes, running horizontally. Boilers like this have been… … Wikipedia