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SCHNEIDER-Eckrohrboiler
Technical Principal
Water tube boilers of SCHNEIDER-Eckrohrboiler corner tube Design
The SCHNEIDER-Eckrohrboiler is a modern natural circulation boiler and it is used as a generator
of steam and hot water. For both types of boiler, the tube bodies are constructed in the same way
namely from prefabricated furnace and convection heating surfaces. Its construction differs from
the conventional water-tube boiler with natural circulation, which has been built since the beginning
of this 2000 century as a multidrum boiler with heated downcomers.

Design principle
The pressure vessel consists of a stabile rectangular framework of downcomers, collectors and
distributors, welded together to form a self-enclosed tube-cage with tube walls that are flue gasproof.
1. Drum
2. Down corner tube
3. Bottom tubes
4. Upper collector
5. Overflow tube
6. Return tube
7. Riser tube
8. Mixture tube
9. Partition wall
10. Steam outlet
11. Lower collector

Special Water Circulation System

The water circulation of the SCHNEIDER-Eckrohrboiler has a number of special characteristics
which distinguishes it from those of all other known natural circulation water tube boilers especially
from the bi-drum design.
In the SCHNEIDER-Eckrohrboiler only riser tubes (7) and bottom tubes (3) are heated while the
drum (1), the down corner tubes (2), the overflow tubes (5) the return tubes (6), the mixture tubes
(8) and all collectors are unheated. The steam-water mixture, which is generated in the riser tubes
(7) and button tubes (3) rises into the unheated upper collector (4). A procedure of a nearly complete separating of steam and water starts (gravity principle). The separated steam flows over the
overflow tubes (5) into the drum, namely into the area behind the partition wall (9) above the lowest
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SCHNEIDER-Eckrohrboiler
Technical Principal
water level. Approximately 50% portion of the separated water flows through the unheated return
tubes (6) down to the heated bottom tubes (3) and the remainder via the mixture tubes (8) towards
the drum (1) into the drum area behind the partition wall (9) and below low water level LWL. From
there it flows down through the unheated down corner tubes (2) back into the unheated lower collector (11) from where it is distributed to the bottom tubes (3) and the riser tubes (7) and the cycle
starts again

Advantages of SCHNEIDER-Eckrohrboiler

Utilization of various fuels

Short start-up time and extremely high load variation speed at stable water level

Compact and self supporting design

No material stress since the tube cage and the drum expand independent of one another

Generation of 100% dry and pure steam

Adapts ideally to the space available

Doc.: TI 401_eng - ERK Technical Principle (SE).doc

SCHNEIDER Engineering GmbH

Email / Internet

Hildburghauser Strasse 79
12249 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49-30-75 44 93 99-0
Fax: +49-30-75 44 93 99-21

info@schneider-kessel.com
www.schneider-kessel.com