Steam generators are combination of apparatus, which are used in power generation and supply of steam in various plants. Its main purpose is to transfer the heat produced by fuel to water; water is converted into different types of steam as per requirements, such as wet steam, saturated steam, and superheated steam. Steam generator is also known as boiler. It may be defined as “A combination of apparatus for producing, furnishing or recovering heat together with apparatus for transferring the heat so made available to water which would be heated and vaporized to steam form” (ASME).
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