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2. Boiler - Wikipedia

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   Early boilers provided this stream of air, or draught, through the natural action of convection in a chimney connected to the exhaust of the combustion chamber. Since the heated flue gas is less dense than the ambient air surrounding the boiler, the flue gas rises in the chimney, pulling denser, fresh air into the combustion chamber. [citation ...

3. Central heating - Wikipedia

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   Later in the 20th century, these were updated to burn fuel oil or gas, eliminating the need for a large coal storage bin near the boiler and the need to remove and discard coal ashes. A cheaper alternative to hot water or steam heat is forced hot air.

4. Phase-out of fossil fuel boilers - Wikipedia

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   Ban on new gas furnaces and water heaters. 2030 California Air Resources Board writing rules to implement. [6] Denmark Convert all 400,000 gas boilers to district heating and heat pumps 2029 Use obligation and duty for renewable energy France Oil and gas boilers banned in new buildings 2023 Germany Ban on coal and oil boilers in existing buildings

5. Paterson City Hall shuts down because of a heating failure ...

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   The lack of heat stemmed from a long-delayed boiler replacement project, a problem that started in March 2022 when the City Hall basement flooded. ... “We ordered a new boiler last year but ...

6. Blast furnace gas - Wikipedia

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   Blast furnace gas (BFG) [1] is a by-product of blast furnaces that is generated when the iron ore is reduced with coke to metallic iron. It has a very low heating value , about 3.5 MJ/m 3 (93 BTU /cu.ft), [ 2 ] because it consists of about 51 vol% nitrogen and 22 vol% carbon dioxide , which are not flammable.

7. List of boiler types by manufacturer - Wikipedia

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   Vanderbilt boiler An American design, similar to the Lentz and large launch-type boilers. [36] Velox boiler: [61] vertical boiler: flued or fire-tube designs where the main shell is a cylinder on a vertical axis, rather than horizontal. Boilers of this external form may have a great variety of internal arrangements.