What is the equivalent tonnage of a 6 million kcal boiler?
In this question, what is the tonnage of a 6 million kcal boiler? Tonnage and 10,000 kcal are the expressions of boiler heat supply or boiler capacity. However, the relationship between different representations is unclear to many users.
Boiler capacity unit
Before the announcement of the equivalent tonnage of 6 million kcal boiler, the common boiler heat supply units in China were summarized:
- Kcal/hour (Kcal/h) is a metric unit, which means the heat that the boiler can provide per hour;
- Ton/hour (t/h) is a popular term for steam boiler, also known as boiler capacity, boiler thermal power, boiler output, etc. It refers to the amount of steam produced by the boiler at a certain pressure and temperature per hour. When we talk about a 1-ton boiler, we don't mean that the physical weight of the boiler is 1 ton, but that the steam produced by this boiler is 1 ton per hour.
- Megawatt (MW) is the international unit, and the basic unit is W, that is, 1MW=106W. In the boiler industry, it is usually used to express the heat output per hour of hot water boilers at a certain pressure and temperature, which is what we often call boiler output. The output heat of 0.7MW hot water boiler per hour is equivalent to 1 steam ton.
Under normal circumstances, the conversion between heat supply units of each boiler: 1 ton =0.7 MW = 600,000 kcal =720KW.
What is the equivalent tonnage of a 6 million kcal boiler?
What is the equivalent tonnage of a 6 million kcal boiler? According to the conversion standard, it is equivalent to a 10-ton boiler.
Common furnace types of 600,000 kcal boiler /10-ton boiler:
- Hot water boiler
WNS oil-fired gas boiler
SZS oil-fired gas boiler
SZL biomass boiler
SHX circulating fluidized bed boiler
- Steam boiler
WNS oil-fired gas boiler
SZS oil-fired gas boiler
SZL biomass boiler
SHX circulating fluidized bed boiler
YQL(W) oil-fired and gas-fired heat transfer oil boiler
YLW coal-fired and biomass heat-conducting oil boiler
ZOZEN Boiler, as a large boiler manufacturer, has been developing for more than 30 years, and its technical R&D strength has been continuously strengthened. It has developed into a well-known industrial boiler manufacturer in China. The boiler designed by R&D team has reliable quality, high combustion efficiency and good environmental protection performance. At present, the company has formed a variety of specifications such as gas boiler, biomass boiler, coal boiler, circulating fluidized bed boiler, thermal oil heater, etc., which are widely used in chemical industry, food, wine making, heating, paper making, printing and dyeing, rubber and other industries.
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YQ(Y)W series gas-fired/oil-fired horizontal thermal oil heaterLive Chat1400-14000 kW0.8-1.0 MPa
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WNS series gas-fired (oil-fired) steam boilerLive Chat1-20 t/h0.7-2 MPa
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DZL series coal-fired steam boilerLive Chat2-10 t/h1-2.5 MPa
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