"fire-tube", "fire tube" or "firetube" There seems to be little agreement over the correct punctuation. From a quick Google for "fire-tube" (in quotes -- hoping to force inclusion of the hyphen, but failing!) the use of either a hyphen or a space appears to be pretty random. Professional sites (such as Babcock) seem to favour the hyphenated

In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler. Most are somewhat box-shaped, hence the name. The hot gases generated in the firebox are pulled through a rack of tubes running through the boiler.

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      • OperationThe Fire tube boiler is intended for transmitting hot-gases using heat source as well as cycle. These gases flow through pipes with a water-filled drum. This procedure efficiently transmits the heat from the hot gas to the water, which efficiently produces steam.
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Fire-tube boiler : Here, water partially fills a boiler barrel with a small volume left above to accommodate the steam (steam space). This is the type of boiler used in nearly all steam locomotives.

Boiler (power generation) Jump to navigation Jump to search An industrial boiler, originally used for supplying steam to a Cylindrical fire-tube boiler. An early proponent of the cylindrical form was the British engineer John Blakey, who proposed his design in 1774. Another early proponent was the American engineer, Oliver Evans, who rightly recognised that the cylindrical form was the best from …

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  • OverviewA fire-tube boiler is a type of boiler in which hot gases pass from a fire through one or (many) more tubes running through a sealed container of water. The heat of the gases is transferred through the walls of the tubes by thermal conduction, heating the water and ultimately creating steam.
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