Central Boiler is a Minnesota-based designer and manufacturer of outdoor wood burners for home heating applications. Boilers are used in many homes and businesses for water heating and for air temperature control. The word “boiler” can be used to describe equipment that boils water as well as equipment that heats water but does not actually boil it.
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Boilers that boil water are used primarily for air heating; the steam produced during boiling is channeled into radiators and other heat distribution equipment, which transfers the heat from the steam to the air. Boilers used to produce hot water are similar in terms of their operating principles, but they are not used to heat water to temperatures near its boiling point; they heat water to the extent necessary for household and some commercial processes. There are many different methods by which boilers produce heat; every method is different in terms of its efficiency, environmental impact, cost (installation, fuel and continuing maintenance) and safety. Early boiler models were prone to explosion because of poor craftsmanship, improper operation and maintenance as well as an industry-wide poor grasp of engineering principles on the part of boiler manufacturers. Since then, boiler explosions have become very rare in developed countries; boiler design has advanced to the point where extreme negligence is much more likely to cause boiler failure than systemic deficiencies like design flaws.
