Boiler feed pumps are also referred to as feed pumps (see Reactor pump) and designed as multistage radial flow pumps. (Also see Multistage pump.) They serve to feed a steam generator such as a boiler or a nuclear reactor with a quantity of feed water corresponding to the quantity of steam emitted. Today, all boiler feed pumps are centrifugal pumps. The design of boiler feed pumps regarding
Read MoreA boiler (1), to which a burner (4) is fitted and which has a flue or chimney (3) to eliminate combustion gases, heats the heat transfer fluid (in the case of domestic central heating – water), which, by means of pipes (5), reaches the consumer appliance (2), (in this example – radiators), where the energy is given out and it then returns
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