Accidents involving exploding boilers have killed people, damaged plant and affected production. These accidents resulted from problems such as inadequately designed boilers, wrongly sited or wrongly installed boilers as well as boilers that were not correctly operated or maintained.
As the manager of a workplace, you have a duty to manage the risks associated with that workplace. If there is a boiler installation on your premises, you must ensure it remains safe.
An efficient, reliable boiler is an essential requirement for many businesses, and the downtime caused by a failed boiler Steam-raising plant and boilers
Figure 1 shows a sectional view of a typical steam-raising boiler. This is known as a shell and tube boiler and is the most common type. The hot gases from the burner go through the furnace tube and then back through the smoke tubes and out of the flue. The water is heated by the tubes and is contained by the main pressure-containing part, the shell.
Figure 2 shows a typical vertical boiler found in a number of factories for either generating very hot water or steam.