The Boiler Series (Part 1 of 3): Fire vs Water: What’s the Difference Between Fire vs Water Marine Boilers?

If you’ve ever had to work with marine boilers, you’ve probably come across the terms “water-tube” and “fire-tube”. These are 2 basic ways to classify marine boilers. But what do they really mean and how are they different? What they are: Whether a boiler is described as water-tube or fire-tube (also commonly known as Smoke-tube),…