
Learn the basics of the steam boiler in plain language by comparing it to common household appliances, avoiding complicated formulas, diagrams, or concepts.
Through this lecture you will learn about the boiler via daily household appliances. These comparison will make you feel at home and less intimidated with industrial scale boilers
Explore the main stop valve, an on-off control for a steam boiler; turn the knob to regulate steam output, with the button stopping or starting steam flow.
Turn the knob on the burner to regulate heat to the heating element, speeding or slowing boiling and steam production, and higher combustion increases fire and chimney emissions.
The lecture shows boiler tubes and the furnace form the steam boiler’s heating element, and adding more heating surfaces increases capacity for faster steam generation.
In this course, you will learn about the critical components of the steam boiler. This is done without formula, complicated diagrams or sophisticated technical sentences. Comics are used to make illustration simpler and friendly. The steam boiler is compared to daily household appliances to enable more straightforward understanding. By the end of these lessons, you will be able to know the purpose of these components and terminologies on the steam boiler:
1. Essential Fittings
2. Main Stop Valve
3. Burner
4. Safety Valve
5. Water Gauge
6. Boiler Tubes
7. Heating System
8. Low Water Alarm
9. Low Water Fuel Cut Off
10. Feed Check Valve
11. Blowdown Valve
12. Pressure Gauge
13. Other Requirements on the boiler