🔍 Key Concepts

• Function of the steam drum in a water-tube boiler • Difference between separating steam and water vs. cleaning sludge/dirt • How carryover (water droplets going with steam) affects turbine or engine operation

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: What problem exists when steam and water leave the drum together and go to engines or turbines? Which device inside the drum helps with that? • Look at each choice and decide: Which one is specifically about steam quality (dryness of steam) rather than mechanical support or piping? • Think about where dirt and sludge usually collect in a boiler—are they mainly handled at the top (steam drum) or the bottom (mud drum)?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option directly relates to improving steam separation from water inside the drum. • Eliminate choices that describe structural support or extending pipes, which is not the primary purpose of baffles. • Recall that dirty deposits are usually handled by blowdown systems and mud drums, not by steam baffles.