When low water level situation is encountered, following procedure to be followed: Check the water gauges; if they blows steam, this is a very dangerous situation...

When installing and operating a marine boiler, it is important all the regulations laid under SOLAS Chapter II are followed. Some of the important regulations for safe operation of marine boilers...

A marine boiler is commissioned with several automation systems so as to generate the required steam pressure with independent automatic operation.

It is to note that the following steps may not apply to all types of boilers and each type of boiler requires some additional steps to be followed as per its system design.

The system consists of a boiler feed water tank, also known as cascade tank or hot well, boiler feed water pump, condenser, de-aerator and feed water heater.

In a marine boiler, oil fired burner is normally used with diesel or heavy fuel oil as burning fuel. The fuel to be used has to be clean and with correct temperature...

For roof-fired boilers, the generating bank may consist of one or two rows of closed-pitched tubes. In some latest modern radiant heat boilers, the generating bank has been...

The boiler steam drum is fitted with several internal and external mountings for ensuring the safety and efficiency of the boiler steam system.

Boiler is one such machinery, which is being used on board ships from the very early days of shipping when there were no propulsion or power generating auxiliary engines.