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In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler. Most are somewhat box-shaped, hence the name. A steam engine, once known as a fire and air engine, is a heat engine that makes use of the thermal energy that exists in steam, converting it to mechanical work. ... For the workstation, see SGI Fuel. ... A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated under pressure. ...


In the standard steam locomotive firetube type boiler, the firebox is surrounded by water space on five sides. The underside is not so surrounded. If the engine burns solid fuel, there is a grate covering most of the bottom of the firebox, which holds the fuel; beneath the grates, an ashpan collects the solid combustion waste. Combustion air generally enters at the base, and the airflow is controlled by damper doors. Great Western Railway No. ...


Firetubes are attached to one wall of the firebox (a side for a longitudinal boiler, the top for a vertical boiler) and carry the hot gaseous products of combustion through the boiler water, heating it, before they escape to the atmosphere.


The metal walls of the firebox are normally called sheets. The crown sheet is the top of the firebox.


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Firebox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (572 words)
In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.
Normally the top of the firebox is semicircular to match the contour of the boiler, however the Belpaire firebox has more of a square shape and is usually made as large as possible within the loading gauge.
Relative to buildings, the firebox or firepit is the part of the fireplace where fuel is combusted, in distinction to the hearth, chimney, mantle, overmantle and flue elements of the total fireplace system.
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