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2. 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 ...

3. List of boiler types by manufacturer - Wikipedia

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   Babcock-Johnson boiler: early production Johnson boilers operating at high pressures (850 psi [59 bar; 5,900 kPa]) and with water-wall ends to their furnace. [4] Babcock & Wilcox boiler; Babcock & Wilcox marine boiler; Bagnall boiler: a development of the launch boiler, with an enlarged furnace. Also known in agricultural use as the 'colonial ...

4. Category:Steam boiler types - Wikipedia

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   Marine boilers (23 P) L. Locomotive boilers (1 C, 15 P) W. Water-tube boilers (3 C, 36 P) Pages in category "Steam boiler types" ... Scotch marine boiler; Sentinel ...

5. Fire-tube boiler - Wikipedia

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   This firebox has an open base to provide a large grate area and often extends beyond the cylindrical barrel to form a rectangular or tapered enclosure. The horizontal fire-tube boiler is also typical of marine applications, using the Scotch boiler; thus, these boilers are commonly referred to as "scotch-marine" or "marine" type boilers. [2]

6. Category:Marine boilers - Wikipedia

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   Scotch marine boiler; T. Thornycroft boiler; Three-drum boiler; W. White-Forster boiler; Y. Yarrow boiler This page was last edited on 24 September 2013, at 20:13 ...

7. Boiler (power generation) - Wikipedia

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   Although the definitions are somewhat flexible, it can be said that older steam generators were commonly termed boilers and worked at low to medium pressure (7–2,000 kPa or 1–290 psi) but, at pressures above this, it is more usual to speak of a steam generator. A boiler or steam generator is used wherever a source of steam is required.

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9. Launch-type boiler - Wikipedia

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   The boiler has similarities with both the locomotive boiler (the multiple small fire-tubes), and the Scotch marine boiler (the short cylindrical furnace). As a fire-tube boiler it has generous heating area and so is an effective steamer. Firebox construction is also simpler, thus cheaper, than for the locomotive firebox.