Engineering Boiler and Power Plant

Boiler is a closed container in which water is heated, steam or heat, or a combination thereof, under pressure or vacuum due to the heat generated from burning fuels (eg natural gas in boilers), electrical resistance heating or the use and conversion of energy normally wasted . There are two basic types of boilers - water pipes, boiler tubes containing water and steam, heat applied to the outer surface and firetube, boiler with straight tubes, which is surrounded by water and steam and the products of combustion pass.