The basic working principle of a boiler is simple to understand. A boiler is a closed vessel where water is stored. Fuel, usually coal, is burned in a furnace to produce hot gases. The hot gases contact the water vessel, transferring their heat to the water, which produces steam in the boiler. Then this steam is piped to the turbine. . A boiler (also known as a steam boiler) is a closed vessel in which fluid (typically water) is heated. The fluid does not necessarily boil. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications, such as cooking, water or central heating, or boiler. . There are mainly two types of boiler – water tube boiler and fire tube boiler. In a fire tube boiler, hot gases pass through several tubes, which are surrounded. . Steam boiler efficiency is the percentage of total heat from the outlet steam compared to the total heat supplied by the fuel, usually coal. It includes with thermal efficiency, combustion efficiency and fuel to steam efficiency. Steam boiler efficiencydepends upon the size of boiler.
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