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Closed vessel in which fluid is heated
A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated. The fluid does not necessarily boil. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler
Boiler
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up boiler room or boiler rooms in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boiler room or Boiler Room may refer to: Boiler Room (band), a nu metal band formed
Boiler_room
Music venue in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
The Boiler Shop is a live music and entertainment venue in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. The venue is situated in the former offices and workshops of the
Boiler_Shop
Type of furnace generating steam
A high pressure watertube boiler (also spelled water-tube and water tube) is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by
Water-tube_boiler
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up boiler in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A boiler is a device for heating fluid, such as water. Boiler may also refer to: Boiler (power generation)
Boiler_(disambiguation)
Type of call center
In business, a boiler room is an outbound call center selling questionable investments by telephone. It usually refers to a room where salespeople work
Boiler_room_(business)
2000 American film
Boiler Room is a 2000 American crime drama film written and directed by Ben Younger and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky
Boiler_Room_(film)
Unit of power
5 watts. The electric horsepower, hpE, is exactly 746 watts, while the boiler horsepower is 9809.5 or 9811 watts, depending on the exact year.[clarification
Horsepower
A LaMont boiler is a type of forced circulation water-tube boiler in which the boiler water is circulated through an external pump through long closely
LaMont_boiler
Type of water heater
Condensing boilers are water heaters typically used for heating systems that are fueled by gas or oil. When operated in the correct circumstances, a heating
Condensing_boiler
1982 single by Rhoda with the Special A.K.A.
"The Boiler" is a single by Rhoda Dakar with the Special AKA (The Specials). It was released in January 1982 on 2 Tone Records. "The Boiler" is about a
The_Boiler
Online music broadcaster and club promoter
Boiler Room is an online music broadcaster and club promoter based in London, United Kingdom. It hosts predominantly dance music events, focusing on underground
Boiler Room (music broadcaster)
Boiler_Room_(music_broadcaster)
Compact furnace with two side water drums and one steam drum above
Three-drum boilers are a class of water-tube boiler used to generate steam, typically to power ships. They are compact and of high evaporative power, factors
Three-drum_boiler
Catastrophic failure of a boiler
A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler. There are two types of boiler explosions. One type is a failure of the pressure parts of the
Boiler_explosion
circulation boiler is a boiler where a pump is used to circulate water inside the boiler. This differs from a natural circulation boiler which relies
Forced_circulation_boiler
Railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine
(usually coal, coke, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomotive's boiler to the point where it becomes gaseous and its volume increases 1,600 to
Steam_locomotive
Insurance covering boilers
Boiler insurance (Boiler cover) is a type of insurance that covers repairs and in some instances, the replacement of a home or company boiler. In the
Boiler_insurance
Obsolete class of water-tube boilers widely used on ships
Yarrow boilers are an important class of high-pressure water-tube boilers. They were developed by Yarrow & Co. (London), Shipbuilders and Engineers and
Yarrow_boiler
Topics referred to by the same term
Boiler tubes are used in: Fire-tube boiler, a type of boiler in which hot gases from a fire pass through one or more tubes running through a sealed container
Boiler_tube
Water supplied to a boiler
Boiler feedwater is the water which is supplied to a boiler. The feed water is put into the steam drum from a feed pump. In the steam drum the feed water
Boiler_feedwater
The Federal Boiler Inspection Act, also called the Railroad Inspection Act, expanded the Boiler Inspection Act of 1911 to include federal interstate commerce
Locomotive_Inspection_Act
Industrial equipment used in pulping
Recovery boiler is the part of kraft process of pulping where chemicals for white liquor are recovered and reformed from black liquor, which contains lignin
Recovery_boiler
Wastewater removal of impurities from boilers
the boiler with some force by steam pressure within the boiler. Bottom blowdown used with early boilers caused abrupt downward adjustment of boiler water
Boiler_blowdown
There have been a vast number of designs of steam boiler, particularly towards the end of the 19th century when the technology was evolving rapidly. A
List of boiler types by manufacturer
List_of_boiler_types_by_manufacturer
Type of boiler used to make steam
transitional stage in boiler development, between the early haystack boilers and the later multi-tube fire-tube boilers. A flued boiler is characterized by
Flued_boiler
Water-tube boiler
A flash boiler is a type of water-tube boiler. The tubes are close together and water is pumped through them. A flash boiler differs from the type of monotube
Flash_boiler
Pressure difference
In a water boiler, draft is the difference between atmospheric pressure and the pressure existing in the furnace or flue gas passage. Draft can also be
Draft_(boiler)
High pressure steam generator
A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water. Although the definitions are somewhat flexible, it can be
Boiler_(power_generation)
Heated stone used to heat water
In archaeology or anthropology, a pot boiler or cooking stone is a heated stone used to heat water, typically by people who did not have access to pottery
Pot_boiler
A boiler stay is an internal structural element of a boiler. Where the shell of a boiler or other pressure vessel is made of cylindrical or (part) spherical
Boiler_stay
A chiller boiler system includes a chiller, a boiler, pumps and HVAC controls in a single pre-engineered package. This reduces complexity for the field
Chiller_boiler_system
Water in a boiler intended for evaporation
for use in boilers, treated boiler feedwater, steam condensate being returned to a boiler, or boiler blowdown being removed from a boiler. Impurities
Boiler_water
Type of boiler
A fire-tube boiler is a type of boiler invented in 1828 by Marc Seguin, in which hot gases pass from a fire through one or more tubes running through a
Fire-tube_boiler
A package boiler is a factory-made boiler. Package boilers are available in a range of standard designs. Package boilers are used for heating and act as
Package_boiler
Kitchen appliance
An egg boiler, also known as an egg cooker or egg steamer, is a kitchen appliance used to cook eggs. While commonly called a boiler, the device actually
Egg_boiler
Unusual type of articulated locomotive
A jointed-boiler locomotive was a variant of the Mallet articulated locomotive, in which a flexible coupling was introduced midway along the length of
Jointed-boiler_locomotive
1987 film by Adrian Lyne
known as de Clérambault's syndrome" (Gelder 1990, 93–94). The term "bunny boiler" is used to describe an obsessive, spurned woman, deriving from the scene
Fatal_Attraction
A haycock boiler is an early form of steam locomotive boiler with a prominently raised firebox of "Gothic arch", "haystack", or "coppernob" shape. The
Haycock_boiler
Boilers for generating steam or hot water have been designed in countless shapes, sizes and configurations. An extensive terminology has evolved to describe
Glossary_of_boiler_terms
Design of steam boiler best known for its use on ships
A "Scotch" marine boiler (or simply Scotch boiler) is a design of steam boiler best known for its use on ships. The general layout is that of a short horizontal
Scotch_marine_boiler
The Stirling boiler is an early form of water-tube boiler, used to generate steam in large land-based stationary plants. Although widely used around 1900
Stirling_boiler
American nu metal band
Boiler Room is an American nu metal band from New York City. The band formed in 1996, releasing two studio albums and one single before disbanding in 2001
Boiler_Room_(band)
Process of designing steam boilers
Boiler design is the process of designing boilers used for various purposes. The main function of a boiler is to heat water to generate steam. Steam produced
Boiler_design
Device that boils water with electricity
An electric boiler is a device that uses electrical energy to boil water instead of fossil fuels used in traditional gas or oil boilers. There are different
Electric_boiler
2001 single by Limp Bizkit
"Boiler" is a song by the American nu metal band Limp Bizkit. It was released on July 10, 2001, as the fifth and final single from their third studio album
Boiler_(song)
Science demonstrator and novelty item
A hand boiler or (less commonly) love meter is a glass sculpture used as an experimental tool to demonstrate vapour-liquid equilibrium, or as a collector's
Hand_boiler
Heating system
A pellet boiler is a heating system that burns wood pellets. Pellet boilers are used in central heating systems for heat requirements (heating load) from
Pellet_boiler
Small vertical boiler
A vertical boiler with horizontal fire-tubes is a type of small vertical boiler, used to generate steam for small machinery. It is characterised by having
Vertical boiler with horizontal fire-tubes
Vertical_boiler_with_horizontal_fire-tubes
Loose-fitting protective suit
A boilersuit (or boiler suit), also known as coveralls, is a loose-fitting garment covering the whole body except for the head, hands and feet. The term
Boilersuit
2010 UK scrappage scheme
The UK boiler scrappage scheme was a scrappage scheme to subsidise up to 125,000 English households to install newer, fuel-efficient heating systems and
Boiler_scrappage_scheme
Tradesperson who fabricates steel, iron, or copper into boilers
or copper into boilers and other large containers intended to hold hot gas or liquid, as well as maintains and repairs boilers and boiler systems. Although
Boilermaker
Water-tube boiler used for ship propulsion
The Johnson boiler is a water-tube boiler used for ship propulsion. The Johnson design was developed by the British engineer J. Johnson in the late 1920s
Johnson_boiler
Iowa Iron Works, renamed Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works in 1904, was a manufacturing company established in Dubuque, Iowa in 1883. Sprague built in 1901
Iowa_Iron_Works
Engine that uses steam to perform mechanical work
term "steam engine" can refer to either complete steam plants (including boilers etc.), such as railway steam locomotives and portable engines, or may refer
Steam_engine
Variant of the wood stove
interior buildings. The outdoor wood boiler is a variant on the indoor wood, oil or gas boiler. An outdoor wood boiler or outdoor wood stove is a unit about
Outdoor_wood-fired_boiler
Spiral water-tube boilers are a family of vertical water-tube boilers. Their steam generating tubes are narrow spiral tubes, arranged in circular fashion
Spiral_watertube_boiler
Work of dubious artistic merit, to pay the creator's daily expenses
A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel, play, opera, film, or other creative work of low quality whose main purpose is to pay for the creator's daily expenses—thus
Potboiler
Actor (1970–2025)
Sin City (2005). His other film credits included A Time to Kill (1996), Boiler Room and The Way of the Gun (both 2000), and Secondhand Lions (2003). Katt
Nicky_Katt
American political consultants
The "Boiler Room Girls" was a nickname for a group of six women who worked as political advisors for Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign in a windowless
Boiler_Room_Girls
steam boiler is a type of boiler where the steam is generated using electricity, rather than through the combustion of a fuel source. Such boilers are used
Electric_steam_boiler
Steam locomotive boiler
The Franco–Crosti boiler is a type of boiler used for steam locomotives. It was designed in the 1930s by Attilio Franco and Dr Piero Crosti. The main difference
Franco-Crosti_boiler
A Velox boiler is a turbocharged, forced circulation, water-tube boiler which utilises an axial flow compressor and a gas turbine. Velox (Latin: "fast")
Velox_boiler
Heating device
A back boiler is a type of boiler that is installed behind a fireplace or stove. It is designed to use the heat generated by the fire to heat water, which
Back_boiler
Technical standard
The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) is a set of standards published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) that provides rules
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
ASME_Boiler_and_Pressure_Vessel_Code
Type of steam boiler
An electrode boiler (jet type) is a type of boiler that uses electricity flowing through streams of water to create steam. The conductive and resistive
Electrode_boiler
LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built in Doncaster in 1937
subject to a boiler inspection, it was moved to the East Lancashire Railway as the original plan was to keep it running there until the end of boiler certificate
LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa
LNER_Class_A4_4488_Union_of_South_Africa
Global specialty insurer and reinsurer
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) is a global specialty insurer and reinsurer headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. It
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Hartford_Steam_Boiler_Inspection_and_Insurance_Company
This is a list of steam boiler explosions such as railway locomotive, marine transport (military and civilian), and stationary power: List of boiling liquid
List_of_boiler_explosions
Type of boiler used in early steam equipment
A vertical boiler is a type of fire-tube or water-tube boiler where the boiler barrel is oriented vertically instead of the more common horizontal orientation
Vertical_boiler
The phase-out of fossil fuel boilers is a set of policies to remove the use of fossil gas (or "natural gas") and other fossil fuels from the heating of
Phase-out of fossil fuel boilers
Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_boilers
Person whose occupation it is to tend the fire for the running of a boiler
stoker or boilerman is a person who tends the fire for the running of a boiler, heating a building, or powering a steam engine. Much of the job is hard
Fireman_(steam_engine)
William Bros Boiler Works and Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of boilers and other heating equipment in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is one of the
William_Bros_Boiler_Works
Type of steam-generating furnace
The Sentinel boiler was a design of vertical boiler, fitted to the numerous steam wagons built by the Sentinel Waggon Works. The boiler was carefully designed
Sentinel_boiler
Device for double boiling, often used for cooking and material creation
/ˌbænməˈriː/ BAN-mə-REE, French: [bɛ̃ maʁi]), also known as a water bath or double boiler, a type of heated bath, is a piece of equipment used in science, industry
Bain-marie
American power technology company
water-tube boiler. B&W's list of innovations and firsts include the world's first installed utility boiler (1881); manufacture of boilers to power New
Babcock_&_Wilcox
Boiler Plant, also known as "The Cloud Factory" from its nickname's use in Michael Chabon's 1988 debut novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, is a boiler
Bellefield_Boiler_Plant
The Long Boiler locomotive was the object of a patent by Robert Stephenson and the name became synonymous with the pattern. Its defining feature is that
Long_Boiler_locomotive
Type of boiler used for steam engines
round-topped boiler is a type of boiler used for some designs of steam locomotive and portable engine. It was an early form of locomotive boiler, although
Round-topped_boiler
Water heaters that instantly heat water as it flows through the device
Combination or combi boilers combine the central heating with domestic hot water (DHW) in one device. When DHW is used, a combination boiler stops pumping water
Tankless_water_heating
The Office of The Chief Inspector of Boilers (Bengali: প্রধান বয়লার পরিদর্শকের কার্যালয়) is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency that is responsible
Office of The Chief Inspector of Boilers
Office_of_The_Chief_Inspector_of_Boilers
Consumer electronics appliance
An electric water boiler, also called a thermo pot, is a consumer electronics small appliance used for boiling water and maintaining it at a constant temperature
Electric_water_boiler
Engineering ratio
term is commonly used with measurement devices and combustion plant like boilers and gasifiers. In flow measurement, the turndown ratio indicates the range
Turndown_ratio
Experimental steam locomotive with Yarrow boiler
the firebox extended to become the entire boiler. The boiler resembled two elongated marine Yarrow boilers, joined end to end. Both had the usual Yarrow
LNER_Class_W1
Fireless locomotive
raised in a boiler, expanded through cylinders in the usual way, and then condensed in a tank of caustic soda that surrounded the boiler. Dissolving water
Soda_locomotive
Russian engineer (1887–1948)
engineer, and the inventor of a type of flow-through boiler known as the straight-flow boiler, or Ramzin boiler. He was a laureate of the Stalin Prize First-Class
Leonid_Ramzin
Type of water boiler
A Field-tube boiler (also known as a bayonet tube) is a form of water-tube boiler where the water tubes are single-ended. The tubes are closed at one end
Field-tube_boiler
Technology used to burn solid fuels
during combustion, which also allows more efficient heat transfer from the boiler to the apparatus used to capture the heat energy (usually water tubes).
Fluidized_bed_combustion
Small, vertical water boiler
cross-tube boiler was the most common form of small vertical boiler. They were widely used, in the age of steam, as a small donkey boiler, for the independent
Vertical_cross-tube_boiler
In a natural circulation boiler the circulation occurs without mechanical pumping and is driven by the hydrostatic pressure difference resulting from density
Natural_circulation_boiler
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
based in Tennessee. Southern Engine and Boiler Works founded in 1889, which made industrial engines and boilers in Jackson, Tennessee, established the
Marathon_Motor_Works
Pump used to feed water into a steam boiler
A boiler feedwater pump is a specific type of pump used to pump feedwater into a steam boiler. The water may be freshly supplied or returning condensate
Boiler_feedwater_pump
Type of natural circulation water-tube boiler
A cornertube boiler is a type of natural circulation water-tube boiler which differentiates itself from other water tube boilers by its characteristic
Corner_tube_boiler
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) 2 and 2A boilered 4-6-0 locomotives were express passenger 4-6-0 steam locomotives. In 1935, William Stanier
LMS 2 and 2A boilered 4-6-0 locomotives
LMS_2_and_2A_boilered_4-6-0_locomotives
A transverse boiler is a boiler used to generate steam to power a vehicle. Unlike other boilers, its external drum is mounted transversely across the vehicle
Transverse_boiler
British 4-4-2 steam locomotive
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Small Boiler Class C1 is a class of steam locomotive, the first 4-4-2 or Atlantic type in Great Britain. They were designed
GNR_Class_C1_(small_boiler)
American inventor (1832–1893)
Stephen Wilcox co-invented a safer water tube steam boiler, and founded the Babcock & Wilcox boiler company. Babcock was born in Unadilla Forks, New York
George_Herman_Babcock
Irish circular economy demonstration hub
a more circular economy. The project is based out of the Boiler House, a large former boiler house in Ballymun. It is supported by the Government of Ireland
The_Rediscovery_Centre
Steam locomotive by Robert Stephenson in 1829
He is believed to have suggested to Robert Stephenson that a multi-tube boiler should be used. Stephenson designed Rocket for the Rainhill trials, and
Stephenson's_Rocket
Use of liquid or gaseous water in heating or cooling systems
together as means to provide water cooling, while boilers heat water. A recent innovation is the chiller boiler system, which provides an efficient form of
Hydronics
Steam boiler powered by vertical fire tubes
A vertical fire-tube boiler or vertical multitubular boiler is a vertical boiler where the heating surface is composed of multiple small fire-tubes, arranged
Vertical_fire-tube_boiler
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