Verification
- (a) Incorrect: For the same capacity, water-tube boilers typically occupy less space and hold less water than fire-tube units.
- (b) Incorrect: Simple vertical boilers are low capacity, low pressure units.
- (c) Correct: The classic simple vertical boiler has a single, central fire (flue) tube within the vertical shell (distinct from the vertical cross-tube type that adds cross tubes).
Final Answer
A simple vertical boiler has one fire tube.
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