Question 336Steam Plants - Assistant Engineer

The correct answer is D) In the top of the steam drum. The dry pipe is located in the top of the steam drum in a boiler. The dry pipe is a perforated pipe that collects the steam from the water in the steam drum and distributes it to the superheater or other steam-using equipment. This location at the top of the steam drum allows the dry pipe to collect the driest steam, avoiding the carryover of water droplets that could damage downstream components. The other answer choices are incorrect because they do not represent the proper location of the dry pipe. The dry pipe is not located at the superheater outlet (A), behind the superheater screen tubes (B), or below the generation tube bank (C), as these are not the appropriate location for the dry pipe within the boiler system.