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Boiler (power generation)

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An industrial boiler, originally used for supplying steam to a stationary steam engine A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water. [1]

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  1. 85 relations: Agriculture, Air conditioning, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Boiler, Boiler feedwater, Boiling, Brickwork, Carryover with steam, Cast iron, Cement, Chimney, Coal, Combustion, Condensation, Condenser (heat transfer), Convection, Corrosion, Critical point (thermodynamics), Doble steam car, Economizer, Electric power, Fire, Firebox (steam engine), Fireless locomotive, Flue, Flue gas, Flued boiler, Foam, Forced circulation boiler, Fouling, Gas turbine, George Stephenson, Glossary of boiler terms, Goldsworthy Gurney, Grate firing, Greenhouse gas, Gusset plate, Heat, Heat recovery steam generator, Heat transfer, Henry Booth, Industrial furnace, Ion exchange, John Smeaton, Kettle, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Livio Dante Porta, Lubrication, Marc Seguin, Natural gas, ... Expand index (35 more) »

Agriculture

Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.

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Air conditioning

Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing education, training and professional development, codes and standards, research, conferences and publications, government relations, and other forms of outreach." ASME is thus an engineering society, a standards organization, a research and development organization, an advocacy organization, a provider of training and education, and a nonprofit organization.

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Boiler

A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated.

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Boiler feedwater

Boiler feedwater is the water which is supplied to a boiler.

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Boiling

Boiling or ebullition is the rapid phase transition from liquid to gas or vapor; the reverse of boiling is condensation.

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Brickwork

Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar.

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Carryover with steam

Carryover with steam, in steam technology, refers to transport of moisture and impurities with steam.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.

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Cement

A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together.

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Chimney

A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Combustion

Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.

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Condensation

Condensation is the change of the state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase, and is the reverse of vaporization.

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Condenser (heat transfer)

In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a heat exchanger used to condense a gaseous substance into a liquid state through cooling.

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Convection

Convection is single or multiphase fluid flow that occurs spontaneously due to the combined effects of material property heterogeneity and body forces on a fluid, most commonly density and gravity (see buoyancy).

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Corrosion

Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide.

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Critical point (thermodynamics)

In thermodynamics, a critical point (or critical state) is the end point of a phase equilibrium curve.

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Doble steam car

The Doble steam car was an American steam car maker from 1909 to 1931.

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Economizer

Economizers (US and Oxford spelling), or economisers (UK), are mechanical devices intended to reduce energy consumption, or to perform useful function such as preheating a fluid.

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Electric power

Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit.

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Fire

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.

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Firebox (steam engine)

In a steam engine, the firebox is the area where the fuel is burned, producing heat to boil the water in the boiler.

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Fireless locomotive

A fireless locomotive is a type of locomotive which uses reciprocating engines powered from a reservoir of compressed air or steam, which is filled at intervals from an external source.

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Flue

A flue is a duct, pipe, or opening in a chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, furnace, water heater, boiler, or generator to the outdoors.

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Flue gas

Flue gas is the gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue, which is a pipe or channel for conveying exhaust gases, as from a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler or steam generator.

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Flued boiler

A shell or flued boiler is an early and relatively simple form of boiler used to make steam, usually for the purpose of driving a steam engine.

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Foam

Foams are materials formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.

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Forced circulation boiler

A forced circulation boiler is a boiler where a pump is used to circulate water inside the boiler.

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Fouling

Fouling is the accumulation of unwanted material on solid surfaces.

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Gas turbine

A gas turbine, gas turbine engine, or also known by its old name internal combustion turbine, is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine.

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George Stephenson

George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution.

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Glossary of boiler terms

Boilers for generating steam or hot water have been designed in countless shapes, sizes and configurations.

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Goldsworthy Gurney

Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (14 February 1793 – 28 February 1875) was a British surgeon, chemist, architect, builder, lecturer and consultant.

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Grate firing

Grate firing is a type of industrial combustion system used for solid fuels.

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Greenhouse gas

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.

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Gusset plate

Gusset plate is a plate for connecting beams and girders to columns.

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Heat

In thermodynamics, heat is the thermal energy transferred between systems due to a temperature difference.

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Heat recovery steam generator

A heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) is an energy recovery heat exchanger that recovers heat from a hot gas stream, such as a combustion turbine or other waste gas stream.

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Heat transfer

Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems.

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Henry Booth

Henry Booth (4 April 1788 – 28 March 1869) was a British corn merchant, businessman and engineer particularly known as one of the key people behind the construction and management of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), the world's first steam railway conducting both scheduled passenger services and freight.

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Industrial furnace

An industrial furnace, also known as a direct heater or a direct fired heater, is a device used to provide heat for an industrial process, typically higher than 400 degrees Celsius.

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Ion exchange

Ion exchange is a reversible interchange of one species of ion present in an insoluble solid with another of like charge present in a solution surrounding the solid.

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John Smeaton

John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses.

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Kettle

A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a device specialized for boiling water, commonly with a lid, spout, and handle.

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Liverpool and Manchester Railway

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world.

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Livio Dante Porta

Livio Dante Porta (21 March 1922 – 10 June 2003) was an Argentine steam locomotive engineer.

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Lubrication

Lubrication is the process or technique of using a lubricant to reduce friction and wear and tear in a contact between two surfaces.

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Marc Seguin

Marc Seguin (20 April 1786 – 24 February 1875) was a French engineer, inventor of the wire-cable suspension bridge and the multi-tubular steam-engine boiler.

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Natural gas

Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.

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Newcomen atmospheric engine

The atmospheric engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, and is often referred to as the Newcomen fire engine (see below) or simply as a Newcomen engine. Boiler (power generation) and Newcomen atmospheric engine are steam engines.

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Nuclear fission

Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei.

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Oil

An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils).

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Oliver Evans

Oliver Evans (September 13, 1755 – April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer, and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia.

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Piston

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors, hydraulic cylinders and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms.

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Portable engine

A portable engine is an engine, either a steam engine or an internal combustion engine, that sits in one place while operating (providing power to machinery), but (unlike a stationary engine) is portable and thus can be easily moved from one work site to another. Boiler (power generation) and portable engine are steam engines.

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Prime mover (locomotive)

In engineering, a prime mover is an engine that converts chemical energy of a fuel into useful work.

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Rainhill trials

The Rainhill trials was an important competition run from the 6 to 14 October 1829, to test George Stephenson's argument that locomotives would have the best motive power for the then nearly-completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR).

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Rankine cycle

The Rankine cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle describing the process by which certain heat engines, such as steam turbines or reciprocating steam engines, allow mechanical work to be extracted from a fluid as it moves between a heat source and heat sink.

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Reverse osmosis

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification process that uses a semi-permeable membrane to separate water molecules from other substances.

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Rice mill

A rice mill is a food-processing facility where paddy (unmilled rice) is processed to rice to be sold in the market.

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Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer.

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Safety valve

A safety valve is a valve that acts as a fail-safe.

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Scotch marine boiler

A "Scotch" marine boiler (or simply Scotch boiler) is a design of steam boiler best known for its use on ships.

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Sediment

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.

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Soil steam sterilization

Soil steam sterilization (soil steaming) is a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses.

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Stationary steam engine

Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. Boiler (power generation) and Stationary steam engine are steam engines.

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Steam

Steam is a substance containing water in the gas phase, often mixed with air and/or an aerosol of liquid water droplets.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. Boiler (power generation) and steam engine are steam engines.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.

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Steam locomotive components

Main components found on a typical steam locomotive include: The diagram, which is not to scale, is a composite of various designs in the late steam era.

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Stephenson's Rocket

Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement.

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Supercritical fluid

A supercritical fluid (SCF) is any substance at a temperature and pressure above its critical point, where distinct liquid and gas phases do not exist, but below the pressure required to compress it into a solid.

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Superheated steam

Superheated steam is steam at a temperature higher than its vaporization point at the absolute pressure where the temperature is measured.

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Superheater

A superheater is a device used to convert saturated steam or wet steam into superheated steam or dry steam.

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Thermal radiation

Thermal radiation is electromagnetic radiation emitted by the thermal motion of particles in matter.

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Timothy Hackworth

Timothy Hackworth (22 December 1786 – 7 July 1850) was an English steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

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Traction engine

A traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. Boiler (power generation) and traction engine are steam engines.

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Turbine

A turbine (from the Greek τύρβη, tyrbē, or Latin turbo, meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.

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Turbo generator

A turbo generator is an electric generator connected to the shaft of a water turbine or steam turbine or gas turbine for the generation of electric power.

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Vacuum

A vacuum (vacuums or vacua) is space devoid of matter.

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Volumetric flow rate

In physics and engineering, in particular fluid dynamics, the volumetric flow rate (also known as volume flow rate, or volume velocity) is the volume of fluid which passes per unit time; usually it is represented by the symbol (sometimes \dot V).

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Wood

Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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Wrought iron

Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_(power_generation)

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