steam boiler
Industrial vapor generator
A steam boiler is a closed vessel that heats water to produce steam, typically for power generation, heating, or industrial processes.
The steam may drive turbines, warm buildings, or power machinery.
Steam boilers were central to the Industrial Revolution and remain essential in power plants and factories: The factory's steam boiler needed regular inspection.
- fireboxFuel-burning enclosure
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- feedwaterLiquid for steam generation
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- gaugeStandard of measurement
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steam boilercondenser
Device that liquefies gases
cooling tower · chiller · evaporative cooler · air conditioning unit · heat exchanger
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Thermal vapor motor
steam turbine · condenser · steam radiator · steam hammer · steam locomotive
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