The main applications of industrial boilers

There is no industrial sector that does not make use of a boiler to generate process heat. Depending on the main characteristics of an industrial boiler, different fields of application can be identified. Let’s look at the main ones depending on whether it is a steam, water or thermal oil boiler.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF STEAM BOILERS

Steam generators represent the most widely used boilers in the industrial field. Laundries, ironing factories, and tailors, for example, employ steam for the production of their garments, as does the textile tailoring industry.

The food industry uses steam in different stages of production, from pasteurization to sterilization, such as breweries, wine cellars and dairies.

Steam is also frequently used in hospitals for sterilization purposes. The steam volumes and pressures that are required by hospitals never reach high levels and, therefore, the use of industrial fire-tube boilers, which can achieve high levels of efficiency, is often preferred.

Steam boilers are also used in power generation. Steam is the fluid carrier that conveys thermal energy to a turbine, which generates electricity. The water-tube steam boiler is often used for the large volumes and high pressures required.

So many other industries choose steam as their energy source. Finally, these include the meat processing, food processing, tanning, engineering and oil mills industries.