Lancashire Boiler

By Karthik.M
The equipment used for
producing and transferring
steam is called
Boilers
 CLASSIFICATION OF BOILERS

 According to what flows in the TUBE

 1. Water tube.
 2. Fire tube.
 In water tube boilers we come across

Lancashire Boiler
 Introduction
 Lancashire boiler are low pressure, internally fired,
stationery fired tube boilers with natural circulation
 They are widely used boilers because of its good
steaming quality and its ability to burn coal of inferior
quality
 This boiler is set in brickwork forming external flue so
that the external part of the shell forms part of the
heating surface.
 Construction

 Lancashire boilers have a cylindrical shell 2 m in

diameters and its length varies from 8 m to 10 m. It has
two large internal flue tubes having diameter between
80 cm to 100 cm in which the grate is situated.
Working
Working cont..
 Pump the water into the boiler shell through the economizer with the help of
a non-return feed valve till the fire tubes submerge in it. The fuel is charged
through the fire holes on to the grate and burnt. The hot gases travel upto the
back end of the fire tubes transferring about 83% of the total heat to the water.
Then they travel in the downward direction through the bottom flue to the
front of the boiler transferring about 9.5% of total heat, where they are divided
into two streams and travel through the side flues transferring the remaining
7.5% of the total heat before reaching the chimney. The path of hot gases are
shown by arrows in the figure. The flow of gases controlled by dampers, which
regulates the rate of combustion as well as steam generation. The mud and
sediments formed in the shell removed using the blow-off cock.
 The steam is accumulated in the steam space above the water level, is
passed over an antipriming pipe A, to flow through a super heater K.
The hot gases before entering the bottom. flue passed over the super
heater. The superheated steam is finally drawn through steam stop
valve V

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Salient features
Important Features Details

Pressure Range 16 bar(max)

Steam Production rate 9000kg/hr

Efficiency 50% to 70%

Boiler specification Diameter of shell is 2-3m
Length of the shell is 7-9m

Applications Steam Turbines, Locomotives,

Submarines etc.
 Advantages of Lancashire Boiler

 It is economical, easy to operate, clean and inspect.

 Low maintenance cost.
 Load fluctuations can be easily met due to large
water storage.
 Overall efficiency is as high as 80 to 85% due to
super heater and economizer.
 Disadvantages

 Steam generation is slow (9000kg/hr)

 Occupies more space (about 40m2 for 5000kg/hr
capacity)
 Maintenance of brick work is tedious.
 The grate area is limited to the small diameter of the
fire tubes.
 Low pressure Boiler (upto 16 bar only)
 Applications

Submarines Steam turbines

Locomotives
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