Technological University of the Philippines-Taguig

Km. 14 East Service Road, Western Bicutan, Taguig City

NAME: OLIQUINO, JOHN CARL M. ME LAB 3

COURSE/YEAR/SECTION: BSME-SEP-4B PROF. TEODORO NIMUAN

BOILER

BOILER ANCILLARIES
PART DESCRIPTION
A component generates the heat required by a
BURNER boiler to convert water into steam. steam.

The combustion chamber is a boiler

COMBUSTION CHAMBER component.
where the fuel is burned to heat the water.
The heat exchanger in the boiler's purpose is to
transfer heat.
HEAT EXCHANGER Heat transferred from a gas to water.
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BOILER AUXILLIARIES

PART DESCRIPTION

The air preheater's purpose is to recover heat from the boiler

AIR PREHEATER
flue gas, which improves the boiler's thermal efficiency.

The aqua stat is a device that regulates water temperature

AQUA STATS
within the boiler

A backflow valve is a type of safety device that allows water

BACKFLOW VALVE
to flow through a pipe. There is only one direction.

BLOWDOWN VALVE This valve is used for draining the water from the boiler

The boiler circulator pump causes hot water to flow through

CIRCULATOR PUMP
the boiler and the boiler loop.

A boiler economizer, also known as a flue gas heat recovery

ECONOMIZE unit, is a piece of equipment.
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The boiler expansion tank is a safety feature of the boiler

EXPANSION TANK
which helps control the pressure in the system.

Feed check valves control the flow of water from the feed
FEED CHECK VALVE pump to the boiler and further prevent the backflow of water
from a boiler to a pump.

A fusible plug is equipment that boosts the safety of the

FUSIBLE PLUG steam boiler and acts as a warning device against
overheating.

The pressure gauge is used for the measurement of the

PRESSURE GAUGE
pressure inside the boiler

The return lines are used to transfer water back into the
RETURN LINES
boiler to be reheated once the water cools

This valve is used for draining the water from the boiler if
SAFETY VALVES you wish to lessen the pressure inside by releasing some
water

The function of the steam stop valve is to regulate the flow of

STEAM STOP VALVE steam from one steam pipe to the other or from the boiler to
the steam pipe in the same direction.

Superheater is a coil-type heat exchanger which is used to

SUPER HEATER produce superheated steam or to convert the wet steam to
dry steam, generated by a boiler.

These parts of the boiler are pipes that are responsible for
SUPPLY LINES delivering the heated stream of fluid to the distribution
points in the boiler.

WATER LEVEL
– It is an instrument to detect the water level from the tank.
INDICATOR