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DRY BASE BOILER [1 record]

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Record 1 1990-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
OBS

The [cast-iron] boiler may be dry base (the firebox is beneath the fluid-backed sections), wet leg (the firebox top and sides are enclosed by fluid-backed sections), or wet base (the firebox is surrounded by fluid-backed sections, except for necessary openings). ... As with cast-iron boilers, dry base, wet leg, or wet base design may be used [for steel boilers]. The majority of small steel heating boilers are of dry base, vertical firetube design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)

Spanish

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