Scotch Marine Boiler: Everything You want to Know (A to Z)

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This article is going to elaborate on Scotch Marine Boiler including its definition, parts, and construction, working along with its advantages and disadvantages.

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What is Scotch Marine Boiler?

The scotch marine boiler is a type of boiler that contains a multitube fire tube which is designed to generate steam power in marine areas to power ships in the sea.

Due to fulfilling the all parameters of marine boilers. scotch marine boilers are used to deploy in marine applications to power ships and big boats in the sea.

The biggest advantage of this boiler is that- It can produce steam from any kind of water.

Scotch Marine Boiler

Types of the Scotch Marine Boiler-

There are two types of this boiler and those are-

  1. Single-ended Scotch marine boiler
  2. Double-ended Scotch marine boiler

1. Single-ended Scotch marine boiler-

It is a circular boiler with a high radius and small in length which can go up to 3.5 meters along with 1 to 4 furnaces usually at the front end.

2. Double-ended Scotch marine boiler-

A double-ended scotch marine boiler consists of a vertical tube with a length of 6.5 meters that passes through the combustion chamber which circulates the water inside the boiler.

It has 2 to 4 furnaces assembled at the front and rear ends.

Parts and construction of the Scotch Marine Boiler-

There are various parts or boiler mountings and accessories of the scotch marine boiler including-

  1. Soot Blower
  2. Pressure Guage
  3. Main Hole
  4. Safety Valve
  5. Whistle Valve
  6. Combustion Chamber
  7. Boiler Shell
  8. Dry Pipe

Let’s deal with these parts one by one-

1. Soot Blower-

A soot blower is used to remove soot and sticky ashes from the boiler walls which further prevents the boiler from heating and thus increases the efficiency.

The soot blower does a sudden blast inside the boiler which hits the interior wall and further helps to remove the heating agent such as soot and ashes from the interior wall of the boiler.

2. Pressure Guage-

As you know, the Pressure gauge is used to measure the pressure of generated stem produced by the boiler.

3. Main Hole-

A hole that is used to clean, maintain and repair the boiler from time to time, is known as the main hole.

4. Safety Valve-

A safety valve is used to control the pressure created inside the boiler, If the pressure goes beyond the desired limit, It gets fused and prevents the boiler from explosion.

5. Whistle Valve-

A whistle valve is used to supply the steam to desired place with the feature of non-returning. This valve also indicates when water is low in the boiler working as a water level indicator.

6. Combustion Chamber-

As you may know, the combustion chamber is a place where the fuel is burnt and further heat waves are supplied inside the boiler.

7. Boiler Shell-

The boiler shell is the cover for the boiler which covers the internal parts of the boiler and further provides safety and security to the mountings and accessories.

8. Dry Pipe-

It is a sprinkler system which prevents the pipe from being frozen and further reduces the chances of the boiler bursting.

Working of the Scotch Marine Boiler-

Furnace is burnt while injecting fuel through the fire hole and further heat is supplied to the combustion chamber.

When heat is supplied from the furnace into the combustion chamber, the heat wave further moves into the fire tube which further heat up the multiple firetubes installed inside the boiler.

When Fire tubes are begun to heat up they further heat up the water around the firetubes and further heated water is converted into steam.

Now, The generated steam moves up and collected into the steam drum and further moves to the stop valve and further go for the desired use.

This is how this boiler works.

Advantages of the Scotch Marine Boiler-

Here are some of the benefits of using this boiler –

  1. Small and Compact in Size
  2. Any kind of water can be converted into steam
  3. Metal Boiler shell is used to make it flexible and movable
  4. Efficient Boiler
  5. Heating is quick due to the large combustion chamber
  6. High rate of steam generation

Disadvantages of the Scotch Marine Boiler-

Here are some of the drawbacks of using this boiler-

  1. Problem in handling Load fluctuation
  2. This boiler is not suitable for large steam generation requirement
  3. Steam quality is compromised in this boiler
  4. Low amount of steam pressure is generated
  5. Expensive
  6. Regular maintenance is required

Applications of the Scotch Marine Boiler-

Here are some of the uses of this boiler-

  1. Most used in Marine applications
  2. Ships and big boats

 

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