Open AccessSimulation and Fabrication of Open-Type Boiler of Fish Cracker Production Line
Author(s) -
Sidek Mohd Zaidi,
Kamarudin Mohd Syahidan,
Jamaluddin Mohamad Nafis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of engineering technology and sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2462-1269
pISSN - 2289-697X
DOI - 10.15282/ijets.3.2015.1.1.1020
Subject(s) - boiler (water heating) , flash boiler , heat transfer , boiler blowdown , boiling , aluminium , engineering , waste management , environmental science , materials science , metallurgy , mechanical engineering , steam drum , inlet , chemistry , mechanics , superheated steam , physics , organic chemistry
Boiling process is performed at the final stage in fish cracker processing and it is a longest process. It creates a bottleneck and limits the daily production of fish cracker. Traditionally, fire woods are used to heat the boiler. The invention of diesel-fired boiler has improved the process but there are still some issues at the station. Therefore, a new boiler is designed to improve the boiling process by using LPG burner which has 2.9% higher calorific value than diesel. The boiler designed was simulated to study the heat convection inside the boiler by using SolidWorks Flow Simulation to analyze the temperature distribution inside the new boiler. Multiple layers bottom plate of the boiler consist of an aluminium plate sandwiched between two stainless steel plates is used to increase the rate of heat transfer from the flame into the water inside the boiler. The result from the simulation proves that the multiple layers bottom plate of the boiler has a higher rate of heat transfer than the single layer plate where the time taken for water to boil is 42.2% shorter than the single stainless steel layer bottom plate boiler.