What Is Boiler and Types

There are mainly two types of boiler – water tube boiler and fire tube boiler. In fire tube boiler, there are numbers of tubes through which hot gases are passed and water surrounds these tubes. … In water tube boiler the water is heated inside tubes and hot gasses surround these tubes.

What is aux boiler?

marine. A boiler that supplies steam for essential auxiliary purposes but not for main propulsion.

What is Cochran boiler?

Cochran Boiler is a fire tube boiler in which coal or gasses are used as a working fluid, to generate steam and the steam is further used for various purposes. It is a multi-tubular vertical fire tube boiler having numerous horizontal fire tubes.