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Fire Tube Boiler

In a fire-tube boiler, combustion gases pass through tubes inside the boiler while water surrounds the tubes outside. This type of boiler has simple construction but produces excessive weight per pound of steam and takes a long time to raise steam pressure due to its large water volume. Fire-tube boilers, commonly called scotch or scotch marine boilers, are compact and were commonly used in marine applications.

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Fire Tube Boiler

In a fire-tube boiler, combustion gases pass through tubes inside the boiler while water surrounds the tubes outside. This type of boiler has simple construction but produces excessive weight per pound of steam and takes a long time to raise steam pressure due to its large water volume. Fire-tube boilers, commonly called scotch or scotch marine boilers, are compact and were commonly used in marine applications.

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Fire-tube Boilers

In fire-tube boilers, combustion gases pass through the inside of the tubes with water surrounding
the outside of the tubes. The advantages of a fire-tube boiler are its simple construction and less
rigid water treatment requirements.
The disadvantages are the excessive weight-per-pound of steam generated, excessive time required
to raise steam pressure because of the relatively large volume of water, and inability to respond
quickly to load changes, again, due to the large water volume.
The most common fire-tube boilers used in facility heating applications are often referred to as
''scotch'' or ''scotch marine'' boilers, as this boiler type was commonly used for marine service
because of its compact size (fire-box integral with boiler section).
The name "fire-tube" is very descriptive. The fire, or hot flue gases from the burner, is channeled
through tubes ('''Figure 2''') that are surrounded by the fluid to be heated. The body of the boiler is
the pressure vessel and contains the fluid. In most cases, this fluid is water that will be circulated for
heating purposes or converted to steam for process use.

''Figure 2: Fire-tube Boiler Gas Flow'''


Every set of tubes that the flue gas travels through, before it makes a turn, is considered a "pass."
So, a three-pass boiler will have three sets of tubes with the stack outlet located on the rear of the
boiler. A four-pass boiler will have four sets and the stack outlet at the front.
Fire-tube boilers are:
 Relatively inexpensive
 Easy to clean
 Compact in size
 Available in sizes from 600,000 btu/hr to 50,000,000 btu/hr
 Easy to replace tubes
 Well suited for space heating and industrial process applications

Disadvantages of fire-tube boilers include:

 Not suitable for high pressure applications 250 psig and above
 Limitation for high capacity steam generation

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