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  2. 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.

  3. Screwfix - Wikipedia

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    Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc , which also owns B&Q , and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .

  4. Condensing boiler - Wikipedia

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    Condensing boilers are water heaters typically used for heating systems that are fueled by gas or oil. When operated in the correct circumstances, a heating system can achieve high efficiency (greater than 90% on the higher heating value) by condensing water vapour found in the exhaust gases in a heat exchanger to preheat the circulating water.

  5. Back boiler - Wikipedia

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    The back boiler is typically used with a gravity feed circuit to the hot water cylinder, with a vent or overflow to prevent excess pressure build up.It can also be connected to a series of radiators to provide central heating but usually requires an electrical pump to be fitted to circulate the hot water, some systems can use the gravity circuit to include radiators.

  6. Pulverized coal-fired boiler - Wikipedia

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    In 1929, the United States Shipping Board evaluated a pulverized coal-boiler on the steamship Mercer, a 9,500 ton merchant ship. According to its report, the boiler heated with pulverized coal on the Mercer ran at 95% of the efficiency of its best oil-fuelled journey. Firing pulverized coal was also cheaper to operate and install than ship ...

  7. Stirling boiler - Wikipedia

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    Although generally a land-based boiler, the four-drum form was also used as a marine boiler, to power large ships. [4] The brick-built setting was replaced with a box-like steel housing, lined with firebrick. The water-tube diameter was reduced to between 2 and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (50.8 and 63.5 mm). To avoid problems with the water levels ...

  8. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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    A complex arrangement of rigid steel piping and stop valves regulate flow to various parts of the building, with an evident preference for right-angle pipe bends and orthogonal pipe routes

  9. Scotch marine boiler - Wikipedia

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    A "Scotch" marine boiler (or simply Scotch boiler) is a design of steam boiler best known for its use on ships. Sectional diagram of a "wet back" boiler. The general layout is that of a squat horizontal cylinder. One or more large cylindrical furnaces are in the lower part of the boiler shell. Above this are many small-diameter fire-tubes ...

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