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Differentiate between high pressure and low pressure boilers.
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HIGH PRESSURE BOILER | LOW PRESSURE BOILER | |
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1. | In this type of boilers, steam pressure is above 15 psi. | In this type of boilers, steam pressure never exceeds 15 psi. |
2. | Hot water pressure always exceeds 260 psi | Water pressure never exceeds 260 psi |
3. | Temperature will always be greater than $250^oC$ | Temperature will never be greater than $250^oC$. |
4 | For the safety due to high working pressures, these boilers are required to be monitored all the time. | Since these boilers work on low working pressure, they don’t need continuous monitoring. |
5 | Applications involve production of steam in industries and in power plant | These are used for water heating and steam from it used to heat rooms. |
6 | For similar size, the output is relatively high. | For similar size, the output is relatively less. |
7 | High maintenance is required | Low maintenance required |
8 | Operating costs are relatively higher | Operating costs are relatively low. |