Know your boiler and its components for its best care

Running an industrial boiler is not an easy task. There are many different things that need to be take care of, for the best performance of a boiler. A boiler is very complicated equipment which needs extra attention and care. To take better care of your boiler, it is essential that you have a thorough knowledge of the component and parts of the boiler. Below are discussed some of the vital components of a boiler.

Boiler tubes
Boiler tubes are very important and most basic parts of a boiler. They are the one that carry the heat carrying fluid and transfer heat from one point of boiler to another point.  When a boiler is used for a long time continuously, there are many foreign particles that are accumulated on the inner surface of the boiler tubes such as scale, sludge and other debris. This lowers the efficiency of the tubes and boiler to a great extent. In order to restore the best performance and efficiency of the boiler, regular tube cleaning is needed. Tube cleaning is done with the help of boiler tube cleaners which are available in several variants namely electric, pneumatic and hydraulic boiler tube cleaners.

Feed pump
Feed pump is the component of boiler which keeps an optimum level of water in the boiler. If the level of water goes below the safe limit, it can be dangerous for the boiler as a boiler operating with not water can easily crack. The boiler is equipped with a high speed and high capacity water fed pump which continuously provided water to the boiler to compensate the amount of water that has been converted in to steam. For safety reasons, it would be better to install two identical feed pumps on a boiler so that the second one could be used in case of emergency.

Gauges
Gauges are very important parts of a boiler as they keep telling about the level of working factors like pressure, temperature and water of the boiler. They help in keeping all the values under safe limits as crossing the safe limits can be very dangerous for the boiler as well as the people working around the boiler.
Pressure release safety valve

Pressure release safety valve is another important component that is mounted on the boiler. This valve is meant to release the excess of pressure produced by the boiler so that it could remain safe.

Exhaust fan
Exhaust fan is another important component of the boiler which sucks the heat from the furnace and sends it to the boiler chimney after it has travelled all the parts of eth boiler. Without a properly working exhaust fan, it is not possible to operate a boiler efficiently.