Horizontal Steam Boiler

Normally horizontal return fire tube boiler is used in thermal power plant of low capacity. It consists of a horizontal drum into which there are numbers of horizontal tubes. These tubes are submerged in water.ommon examples of horizontal boilers are the Lancashire boiler, Babcock and Wilcox boiler and locomotive boiler.ommon examples of horizontal boilers are the Lancashire boiler, Babcock and Wilcox boiler and locomotive boiler.There are two basic types of boilers: firetube and watertube. The fundamental difference between these boiler types is which side of the boiler tubes contain the combustion gases or the boiler water/steam.The vertical boiler is interesting in terms of learning how to design, make and operate a boiler. However, it is less efficient than the horizontal boiler. Also, the vertical boiler suffers more from stress, corrosion and fatigue. In the debate of vertical vs horizontal steam boiler the horizontal boiler wins