Water-tube boiler
Appearance
Awater-tube boileris a type ofboilerin which water circulates in tubes heated by fire from outside. The fire is produced by thefuelbeing burned inside thefurnacefor the boiler.
Design types
[change|change source]- Babcock and Wilcox boiler
- A/D/M/O-type boiler
- Flex-tube boiler
- Forced-circulation boiler
- Low water content
- Stirling boiler
- Thornycroft
- White-Forster
- Yarrow boiler
Use
[change|change source]- Marine
- Railway
- Stationary