A boiler is a closed vessel through which air or other liquid flows, the resulting steam or steam, hot steam, or a combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum, for external use, by direct application of energy from burning fuel, from electricity or nuclear energy.
The function of the boiler is to produce hot air or steam. Hot air boilers heat air for domestic or commercial heating purposes and hot air supply. Steam boilers produce steam to drive turbines for power generation and a variety of other industrial heating applications.
Industrial boiler systems are made from welding thick steel plates, so they can handle very high pressures. Boilers must be made very strong to cope with high pressure, because otherwise the boiler cannot explode.
There are so many different applications that use boilers. Boilers used in the food industry. Food, at various stages of production, needs attention or when holding discussions.
BOILER TYPE
There are two types of boilers, namely:
Fire tube boiler
Hot flue gases flow in a tube submerged in water in the shell.
- Pressure up to about 10 bar.
- up to 14 tons of steam/hour.
- Can cope with a wide load of loads and because of the large air volume.
- Usually rated in HP.
Advantages :
- Lower initial cost
- A little control
- Simple operation
Deficiency :
- The drum is exposed to heat, increasing the risk of explosion.
- Large air volume, resulting in poor circulation.
- limited pressure and evaporation.
Air tube boiler
Air flows through a tube surrounded by hot gas inside the shell.
- Usually rated in tons of steam/hour
- Used for H.P. steam
- High capacity
Advantages :
- Fast heat transmission
- fast reaction to steam demand
- High efficiency
- Safer than firetube boilers
Deficiency :
- More control than fire tube boiler
- Higher start-up costs
- More complicated to operate
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