All boilers, economizers, steam receivers, steam heated steam generators, thermal oil and hot water units intended for essential services, together with boilers used exclusively for non-essential services having a working…
Exhaust gas boiler (EGB or EGE) or economiser described in this article is a smoke tube boiler with steam space, used for heat recovery from main engine exhaust gas. An…
The boiler maintenance should always be executed with skill and in accordance with valid rules and regulations from the authorities, and below are given some recommendations for periodical inspections and…
When the boiler is started, the lighten-up rate of the boiler must not be accelerated too much as this might cause an unnecessary over strain of the boiler material by…
There is a number of ways to produce good quality feed water for boiler plants. Methods such as e.g. reverse osmosis plants or ion exchange plants produce good quality distillate.…
The following is a brief description of the most important items of the boiler mountings. The components mentioned in this section are referring to the general arrangement drawing of the…
The vertical two drum water tube boiler used normally on ships is top-fired and equipped with a steam atomising burner. As the burner, the local control panel and all relevant…
Auxiliary boiler uptake or flue gases normally pass through economisers or air pre-heaters or feed water heaters. All these types of heat exchangers are fin type. Hence large amount of…
This auxiliary boiler has an all welded shell, a seamless spherically shaped furnace and small bore tubes. The advantages of this boiler campared to older design are: 1. Increased steam…
Boiler Back Fire Incident on Ships Outline: Vessel was at anchorage awaiting berthing instructions. 18:00hrs – Fire in engine room reported to the bridge. 18:01hrs – Alarm sounded and announcement…
What is the meaning of marine boilers ? Boiler is a pressure vessel used on ships in which the water is heated to evaporate and generate the steam and the…
The reasons for blowing down the boiler ( both scum and bottom blow down) are to: Reduce the density of the boiler water by reducing the water level and refilling…
