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Thisisalsoamodernhighpressurewatertubeboilerusingtheforcedcirculation
principleandnamedafterProf.Loeffler.
SalientfeaturesofLoefflerBoiler
ThenovelfeatureoftheLoefflerBoileristoevaporatewatersolelybymeansof
superheatedsteam.Thefurnaceheatissuppliedonlytoeconomiserandsuperheater.
Inotherwords,steamisusedasaheatabsorbingmedium.
Themajordifficultyexperiencedin
LaMontboilerisdepositionofsalt
andsedimentontheinner

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surfacesofwatertubes.The

ComparisonbetweenImpulseandReactionSteam

depositionreducestheheat

Turbines

transfer,ultimately,thegenerating

Reactionturbine

capacity.Thisdifficultywassolved

CompoundingofImpulseTurbines

inLoefflerboilerbypreventingthe

ImpulseTurbine

flowofwaterintotheboilertubes.

SteamTurbine|PrimeMovers

Feedwaterisevaporatedinthe
drumusingpartofthe
superheatedsteamcomingout

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fromthewaterheater.Thusonly

BabcockandWilcoxBoiler

thedrysaturatedsteampasses

Itisawatertubeboilerusedinsteam

throughthetubes.Poorfeedwatercan,therefore,beusedwithoutanydifficultyinthe

powerplants.Inthis,wateriscirculated

boiler,whichisgreatadvantageofthisboiler.

insidethetubesandhotgasesflow
overthetubes.C...

WorkingprincipleofLoefflerBoiler
TheimageshowstheoutlinediagramofLoefflerBoiler.

Cochranboiler
Itisamultitubularverticalfiretube

Economiser
Thefeedwaterfromthefeedtankissuppliedtotheeconomiserbyfeedpump.Inthe
economiserthefeedwaterismadetoflowthroughanumberoftubessurroundingwhich
thehotgasesleavingthefurnacepassover.Thereisaheatexchangefromthehot
gasestothefeedwater,whichispreheatedintheeconomiser.
EvaporatedDrum
Itishousedawayfromthefurnace.Itcontainsamixtureofsteamandwater.Thefeed
waterfromtheeconomisertubesenterstheevaporatordrumintowhichisalsopassed
twothirdsofthesuperheatedsteamgeneratedbytheboiler.Thesuperheatedsteam
givesitssuperheattothewaterinthedrumandevaporatesittosaturatedsteam.
MixingNozzles
Thenozzlesdistributeandmixthesuperheatedsteamthroughoutthewaterinthe
evaporatordrum.
Steamcirculatingpump
Asteamcirculatingpumpforcesthissaturatedsteamfromtheevaporatordrumtothe
radiantsuperheaterthroughthetubeofthefurnacewall.

boilerhavinganumberofhorizontal
firetubes.Tisthemodificationofa
simpleverticalboile...
LancashireBoiler
Itisastationary,firetube,internally
firedboiler.Thesizeisapproximately
from79metersinlengthand23
metersindiameter....
Typesofboilers:
Boilerscanbeclassifiedasfollows:1.Accordingto
theflowofwaterandhotgasesfiretube(or
smoketube)andwatertubeboilers....
Dieselpowerplant
Letsdiscussaboutdieselpowerplants
inthispost.Applicationsofdiesel
powerplantDieselpowerplantsisin

Radiantsuperheater

therangeof2to50MW...

Theradiantsuperheaterisplacedinthefurnace.Thehotgasesinthefurnaceareused
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forsuperheatingthesaturatedsteamfromthedrum.Theradiantsuperheaterreceives
heatfromtheburningfuelthroughradiationprocess.

LaMontBoilerWorkingand
Construction
Aforcedcirculationboilerwasfirst

Convectionsuperheater
Steamfromtheradiantsuperheaterenterstheconvectionsuperheaterwhereitisfinally

introducedbyLaMontintheyear1925

heatedtothedesiredtemperatureof500C.Theconvectionsuperheaterreceivesheat

whichisusedinEuropeandAmerica.Thisisa

fromthefluegasesentirelybyconvectiveheattransfer.Bothradiantandconvection

modernhighpre...

superheaterarearrangedinseriesinthepathofthefluegases.

BensonBoiler

Steamoutlet

Thepresenceofsteambubblesin

Aboutonethirdofthesuperheatedsteamfromtheconvectionsuperheaterpassesto

contactwiththesurfaceoftubes

thesteamturbinewhiletheremainingtwothirdsispassedontoevaporatordrumto

seriouslyimpairsheattransmission
fromthefluegasestowater.Byris...

evaporatedthefeedwatertosaturatedsteam.
Capacity

Simpleverticalboiler:

CapacityoftheLoefflerboilerisabout100Tonnes/Hrofsuperheatedsteamgenerated

Theimageshowsthesimplestformof

atapressureof140kgf/sq.cmandatatemperatureof500C.

aninternallyfiredverticalfiretube
boiler.Itdoesnotrequireheavy
foundationandrequiresvery...

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boilers

Steam(Thermal)powerPlant
Asteampowerplant,alsoknownas
thermalpowerplant,isusingsteamas
workingfluid.Steamisproducedina

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