steam superheat

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• Superheat — Su per*heat , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superheated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superheating}.] 1. To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven. [1913 Webster] 2. (Steam Engine) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• superheat — [so͞o΄pər hēt′; ] for n. [, so͞o′pər hēt΄] vt. 1. OVERHEAT 2. to heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without vaporizing it 3. to heat (steam not in contact with water) beyond its saturation point, so that a drop in temperature will not cause… …   English World dictionary

• Superheat — Su per*heat , n. The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Steam turbine — A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons… …   Wikipedia

• Steam explosion — A steam explosion (also called a littoral explosion , or fuel coolant interaction , FCI ) is a violent boiling or flashing of water into steam, occurring when water is either superheated, rapidly heated by fine hot debris produced within it, or… …   Wikipedia

• Steam locomotive components — A listing of the components typically found on Steam locomotives.Guide to steam locomotive components (The image is of a composite imaginary locomotive, not all components are present on all locomotives and not all possible components are present …   Wikipedia

• steam generator — noun : a large apparatus for converting hot water into steam at high pressure and often with supplementary coils to superheat the steam * * * steam generator, a unit for producing high pressure steam, consisting of a combined boiler and… …   Useful english dictionary

• superheat — Synonyms and related words: animal heat, blood heat, body heat, burning, calidity, caloric, chafe, coal heat, convected heat, cook, electric heat, electric heat, fever, fever heat, fire, fire up, foment, gas heat, gas heat, heat, heatedness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• superheat — I. transitive verb Date: 1859 1. to heat (a vapor not in contact with its own liquid) so as to cause to remain free from suspended liquid droplets < superheated steam > 2. to heat (a liquid) above the boiling point without converting into vapor • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• superheat — superheater, n. n. /sooh peuhr heet /; v. /sooh peuhr heet /, n. 1. the state of being superheated. 2. the amount of superheating. v.t. 3. to heat to an extreme degree or to a very high temperature. 4. to heat (a liquid) above its boiling point… …   Universalium

• steam — Synonyms and related words: Old Faithful, aerate, aerify, afterdamp, agua, amperage, aqua, armipotence, atomize, authority, bake, barbecue, baste, be in heat, beef, black power, blackdamp, blanch, blaze, bloom, blow, boat, boil, boiling water,… …   Moby Thesaurus