In a boiler, which component serves as the primary steam collection and evaporation surface?

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The steam drum is the primary steam collection and evaporation surface. It sits at the top of a water-tube boiler and collects the steam that forms as water in the boiler tubes boils. It provides the surface area needed for evaporation and, importantly, allows steam to separate from the water so dry steam can be sent on to the turbines or further stages. The mud drum at the bottom collects sediment, the economizer heats feedwater, and the superheater raises the temperature of steam after it leaves the drum—not for collecting or evaporating water itself.