What is a fire tube boiler?
A fire tube boiler is one of the types of Boiler in which hot gases by combustion of fuel pass through the tubes. The tubes are arranged parallel and water is present around the tubes inside the shell.
When hot gases pass through tubes, heat transfers from the hot gases to outside water (because of the Conduction and convection heat transfer process). Therefore due to heat, water gets converted into steam.
These types of boilers generate low-pressure steam, hence these boilers are suitable for process steam generation in industries.
Types of fire tube boiler:-
Following are the various types of fire tube boilers.
A) Simple Vertical Boiler
B) Cochran Boiler
C) Lancashire Boiler
D) Locomotive Boiler
E) Cornish Boiler
