| 单词 | surface condenser |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface condenser b. Steam Engine. A chamber in a steam-engine in which the steam is condensed into water on leaving the cylinder, either by injection of cold water, or by exposure to a chilled surface ( surface condenser). Also in combination as condenser-gauge. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > condensers condenser1769 surface condenser1843 tube-condenser1877 pickle pot1903 1769 Watt Brit. Patent 913 2 These vessels I call condensers. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 93 Watt..contrived the separate condenser for his steam-engine, by which heat once saved three-fourths of the fuel formerly used. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 607/2 The surface-condenser has a series of flat chambers or tubes..in which the steam is cooled by a body of water surrounding the tubes. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 609/1 Condenser-gage, a tube of glass, thirty-two inches long,..the upper end..fixed to the condenser, the lower end dipping into mercury..to ascertain the degree of exhaustion in the steam-condenser. surface condenser surface condenser n. Mechanics (in a steam engine or steam turbine) a condenser in which low-pressure exhaust steam is condensed by contact with cold metallic surfaces, typically those of pipes through which cold water is circulated. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > condensers condenser1769 surface condenser1843 tube-condenser1877 pickle pot1903 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 396/1 The first branch applies more particularly to the employment of high steam and locomotive boilers, surface condensers, and double cylinder engines. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 824/1 Engines of large cylinder capacity to admit of great expansion, with surface-condensers and superheaters to the boilers. 2004 R. E. Putman Industr. Energy Syst. vii. 231 Industrial power generation plants and industries having shell and tube water cooled steam surface condensers..could realize similar results. < as lemmas |
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