A boiler system having a generally cylindrical housing or shell includes a main or fire tube with a furnace or combustion chamber extending longitudinally near the bottom of the housing and a burner to accomplish combustion within the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber opens at its rear end to furnace tube sheet, and to a first set of tubes extending longitudinally of the boiler. The first set of tubes extends to and through the rear tube sheet of the boiler to a turnaround space, which transitions to a second set of tubes located above the combustion chamber and first set of tubes to generally span a length extending from the rear tube sheet of the boiler to the front tube sheet. The boiler system as disclosed has a reduced size while maintaining efficiency in steam and hot water applications.

The present disclosure relates to a wavy smoke tube structure of a boiler, which improves heat exchange efficiency of a smoke tube. The wavy smoke tube structure includes: a main body formed in a columnar shape and having a space therein; a plurality of first concave portions concavely formed along a first side portion in a longitudinal direction of the main body; a plurality of second concave portions concavely formed along a second side portion in the longitudinal direction of the main body opposite to the first side portion and each positioned between a pair of the first concave portions to face them; and a plurality of blocking grooves formed in a pair of sidewall portions provided between the first side portion and the second side portion.

A boiler includes a tank, a gas circuit that includes a main combustion chamber in the tank and branch tubes in the tank that extend off of the main combustion chamber, and a water circuit fluidly isolated from the gas circuit. The water circuit includes a first manifold and water tubes that extend off of the first manifold. Each water tube extends through a respective one of the branch tubes, which may serve to preheat the water prior to discharge of the water into the tank.

Methods and systems for determining a possible leak within a gas water heater. One system is a gas water heater including a blower and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to activate the blower for a predetermined amount of time, receive, during the predetermined amount of time, a measurement of a characteristic of the blower, perform a comparison between the measurement and a predetermined characteristic threshold, and determine, based on the comparison, that a blockage is present within the water heater. The electronic processor is further configured to output a notification in response to determining the blockage is present.

The present invention relates to a boiler with a heating blower, the boiler being able to improve heat exchange efficiency without an additional boiler. According to the present invention, there is provided a heating blower that supplies high-temperature hot wind to a flame guide tube outside a storage tub, so it is possible to improve heat exchange efficiency of the flame guide tube and flue tube without an additional boiler.

A boiler includes a tank, a gas circuit that includes a main combustion chamber in the tank and branch tubes in the tank that extend off of the main combustion chamber, and a water circuit fluidly isolated from the gas circuit. The water circuit includes a first manifold and water tubes that extend off of the first manifold. Each water tube extends through a respective one of the branch tubes, which may serve to preheat the water prior to discharge of the water into the tank.

In one aspect, the present invention is directed to boiler heating system, comprising: a hollowed-walls cylinder, for storing therein water to be heated; a partition in a form of a cylinder, disposed inside the hollowed-walls cylinder, distantly from its vertical walls; the partition having an upper water passage and a lower water passage, for allowing water transition between the inner side of the partition and the outer side of the partition; a heating element disposed inside the inner space of the hollowed-walls cylinder; a water inlet, disposed in the lower side of the hollowed-walls cylinder; and a water outlet, disposed in an upper side of the hollowed-walls cylinder, thereby (a) allowing heating the water without being in direct contact between the heating element and the water, resulting with no scale accumulation, and (b) separation between ascending water and descending water, thereby accelerating the water warming.

The current invention disclose a method and apparatus for production of hot water or steam in a firetube boiler, said method comprising the steps of producing a first flue gas using a first stage of a burner in a first pass of a firetube boiler; passing at least a portion of said first flue gas through a second pass of said boiler, wherein said second pass comprises a plurality of firetubes; routing said portion of said first flue gas to a second stage of said burner to reduce NOx emissions from said second stage of said burner; producing a second flue gas from said second stage of said burner in a third pass of said boiler; passing said second flue gas through a fourth pass of said boiler, wherein said fourth pass comprises a plurality of firetubes.

In one aspect, the present invention is directed to boiler heating system, comprising: a hollowed-walls cylinder, for storing therein water to be heated; a partition in a form of a cylinder, disposed inside the hollowed-walls cylinder, distantly from its vertical walls; the partition having an upper water passage and a lower water passage, for allowing water transition between the inner side of the partition and the outer side of the partition; a heating element disposed inside the inner space of the hollowed-walls cylinder; a water inlet, disposed in the lower side of the hollowed-walls cylinder; and a water outlet, disposed in an upper side of the hollowed-walls cylinder, thereby (a) allowing heating the water without being in direct contact between the heating element and the water, resulting with no scale accumulation, and (b) separation between ascending water and descending water, thereby accelerating the water warming.

Methods and systems for determining a possible leak within a gas water heater. One system is a gas water heater including a blower and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to activate the blower for a predetermined amount of time, receive, during the predetermined amount of time, a measurement of a characteristic of the blower, perform a comparison between the measurement and a predetermined characteristic threshold, and determine, based on the comparison, that a blockage is present within the water heater. The electronic processor is further configured to output a notification in response to determining the blockage is present.