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• 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 engine — A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564472/steam engine steam engine Britannica Online Encyclopedia ] ] Steam engines have a long history,… …   Wikipedia

• Steam assisted gravity drainage — (SAGD) is an enhanced oil recovery technology for producing heavy crude oil and bitumen. It is an advanced form of steam stimulation in which a pair of horizontal wells is drilled into the oil reservoir, one a few metres above the other. Low… …   Wikipedia

• Steam injection (oil industry) — Steam injection is an increasingly common method of extracting heavy oil. It is considered an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method and is the main type of thermal stimulation of oil reservoirs. There are several different forms of the technology,… …   Wikipedia

• Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage - SAGD — Steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is a drilling technique that is used to extract heavy oil that is too deep or otherwise economically inefficient to mine using traditional methods. The process was originally developed by the Alberta, Canada …   Investment dictionary

• Flow-accelerated corrosion — (FAC), also known as flow assisted corrosion, is a corrosion mechanism in which a normally protective oxide layer on a metal surface dissolves in a fast flowing water. The underlying metal corrodes to re create the oxide, and thus the metal loss… …   Wikipedia

• Steam whistle — A steam whistle is a device used to produce sound with the aid of live steam. Unlike a horn, the sounding mechanism of a whistle contains no moving parts (compare to train horn).The whistle consists of the following main parts, as seen on the… …   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 — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… …   Wikipedia

• Steam trap — A steam trap is a device used to discharge condensate and non condensable gases while not permitting the escape of live steam. Nearly all steam traps are nothing more than automatic valves. They open, close or modulate automatically.Basic… …   Wikipedia

• Steam generator (nuclear power) — This is an article about nuclear power plant equipment. For other uses, see steam generator. Steam generators are heat exchangers used to convert water into steam from heat produced in a nuclear reactor core. They are used in pressurized water… …   Wikipedia