superheater
Beyond-boiling steam device
A superheater is a device that heats steam beyond its saturation point, producing steam hotter than the boiling temperature of water at a given pressure.
Found in steam engines, power plants, and locomotives, superheaters increase thermal efficiency by ensuring the steam remains dry and carries more energy: The locomotive's superheater allowed it to pull heavier loads.
Locomotive exhaust compartment
- fireboxFuel-burning enclosure
- regulatorDevice maintaining steady output
- blowerWind-producing device
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
valve · piston · cab · tender · footplate · frame · whistle · dome
Fuel-burning enclosure
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- tubesHollow cylindrical containers
- coilsConnected loops of material
radiant · convective · pendant · platen · economizer · waterwall · burner · grate
Blade-driven energy converter
- generatorElectricity-producing machine
- megawattsMillion-watt units
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
grid · baseload · cogeneration · utility · station · fossil · coal-fired · gas-fired
smokebox
Locomotive exhaust compartment
chimney · valve · piston · cab · tender · footplate · frame · whistle · dome · throttle
firebox
Fuel-burning enclosure
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- tubesHollow cylindrical containers
coils · radiant · convective · pendant · platen · economizer · waterwall · burner · grate · primary
turbine
Blade-driven energy converter
electricity · grid · baseload · cogeneration · utility · station · fossil · coal-fired · gas-fired · nuclear
saturated
Thoroughly soaked through
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
- pressureForce upon contact
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
enthalpy · dryness · wetness · quality · expansion · phase · saturation · flow · header · outlet
enthalpy
Thermodynamic total heat quantity
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- CarnotFrench thermodynamics founder
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- HVAC equipmentblower, boiler, burner, chiller, compressor
- steam enginessteam engine, boiler, piston, cylinder, steam boiler
- steam locomotivessteam engines, steam engine, boiler, firebox, steam trains
- steam powersteam, steam power, steam engine, steam engines, steam turbine
- steam trainslocomotive, steam engine, steam, steam locomotive, boiler
- heat exchangersfloating head, hairpin, printed circuit, microchannel, multi-pass
- superheated steamVapor heated above saturation
- superheated waterWater exceeding 100°C, unpressurized