Model steam boiler (PoD)

The boiler and the machine must always be considered as one unit, because the machine must generate a certain amount of power for its work. But it can only do this if the boiler provides enough energy in the form of steam. If a boiler is too small, the machine will never deliver enough power. Thus, the boiler is actually the most important element of a steam plant. Dieter Miedek shows the way from historical background, theoretical calculations, tools and equipment to the manufacture of a simple steam boiler. Above all, the skill of brazing is an essential craft requirement for building a boiler system yourself. The peripheral equipment required for safe operation around the steam boiler is not neglected either.

From the content:

• Historical story about boiler construction

• Basic physical terms

• Of the heat and the physical basics

• Basics and calculations of a flame tube boiler

• Gas, oxygen and safety

• Basics of brazing

• Brazing pads and fixtures

• Pressure tools and fixtures

• Machine tools and tools

• Technical rules for steam boilers

• The water pressure test

• Boiler insulation

• Boiler constructions

• Simple boilers made of pipe sections and fittings

• The small boiler

• Flat flame tube boiler

• Large flame tube boiler

• Vertical boiler

• Locomotive boiler

• "Yarrow" boiler

• Continuous flow boiler

• Large boiler

• Feuerbuchs smoke tube boiler

• Large boiler Tubular boiler Wolf 1

• Cross-tube boiler "Yarrow" type

• The periphery of the steam boiler