Steam exhaust collector
A smokebox is the chamber at the front of a steam locomotive where exhaust gases collect before exiting through the smokestack.
It creates the draft that pulls air through the firebox and boiler tubes, making combustion possible.
The smokebox also houses the blastpipe, which uses exhaust steam to increase draft: The engineer opened the smokebox door to inspect the tubes.
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Steam exhaust collector
A smokebox is the chamber at the front of a steam locomotive where exhaust gases collect before exiting through the smokestack.
It creates the draft that pulls air through the firebox and boiler tubes, making combustion possible.
The smokebox also houses the blastpipe, which uses exhaust steam to increase draft: The engineer opened the smokebox door to inspect the tubes.
1. engineering — firebox, Fuel-burning enclosure; flue (Chimney's inner passage); boiler (Water-heating vessel); draft (Preliminary version of text); exhaust · chimney · superheater · blower · damper · ashpan · grate · soot · heat exchange · airflow
2. locomotive — steam engine, Thermal vapor motor; tender (Soft or sore); coal (Combustible sedimentary rock); firebox (Fuel-burning enclosure); boiler · cylinder · piston · whistle · chuff · rails · railway · engineer · fireman · cab
THERMAL FUNCTION IN STEAM LOCOMOTIVEsmokebox ≠ firebox Fuel-burning enclosure; combustion chamber · furnace · ashpan · grate · boiler
smokeboxes
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