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2. Glossary of boiler terms - Wikipedia

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   tapered thermic syphon water-tubes inserted in the furnace of a Lancashire boiler. Gauge glass part of the water level gauge, which normally consists of a vertical glass tube connected top and bottom to the boiler backplate. The water level must be visible within the glass at all times. [3] Grooving

3. Sight glass - Wikipedia

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   Water gauge on a steam locomotive. Here the water is at the “top nut”, the maximum working level. Note the patterned backplate to help reading and toughened glass shroud. A sight glass or water gauge is a type of level sensor, a transparent tube through which the operator of a tank or boiler can observe the level of liquid contained within.

4. Package boiler - Wikipedia

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   Internal layout of a three-pass fire-tube boiler. Package boilers are commonly called water or fire tube Boilers. Water tube boilers use convection heating, which draws the heat from the fire source, and passes against the generating tubes of the boiler, causing water inside those tubes to boil off into steam.

5. Boiler - Wikipedia

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   Water level indicators: They show the operator the level of fluid in the boiler, also known as a sight glass, water gauge or water column. Bottom blowdown valves: They provide a means for removing solid particulates that condense and lie on the bottom of a boiler.

6. List of boiler types by manufacturer - Wikipedia

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   three-drum boiler: water-tube boilers with three drums in a triangular arrangement. The best known of these are the Yarrow and Admiralty patterns. Lesser-known examples are the Normand and Mumford. Thornycroft boiler: Several variants of an early naval water-tube boiler. [6] [9] [59] Also a small annular water-tube boiler used in Thornycroft's ...

7. Water level (device) - Wikipedia

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   The water level at each end of the tube will be at the same elevation, whether the two ends are adjacent or far apart, so a line between them will be horizontal at its midpoint and a shed base, building foundation or similar structure laid out using several such lines will be "horizontal" within building tolerances on any scale over which use ...