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CONDENSED STEAM [15 records]

Record 1 2021-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steam Turbines
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Water Resources Management
CONT

Condensate polishing normally applies to the treatment of condensed steam from turbines operating in the power industry. It can also be applied to condensed steam from any steam system being returned to the boiler. The ultimate goal of condensate polishing is to remove all soluble impurities and protect the high-pressure boilers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Turbines à vapeur
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Gestion des ressources en eau

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Taps and Plumbing Accessories
  • Restaurant Equipment
CONT

Steam coils allow the condensed steam to be returned to the steam generator, a decided advantage when there is a question of purity of steam. A thermostat controls a steam solenoid valve and maintains the correct temperature. A steam trap is mounted on the steam return line.

OBS

For flight dishwashers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Robinetterie et accessoires
  • Équipement (Restaurants)

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Air Pollution
DEF

Cloud of industrial origin ...

OBS

... e. g., clouds of smoke and of condensed steam from factories; clouds of smoke created to protect crops from frost; clouds of insecticide gases or powders over agricultural crops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Nuages d'origine industrielle [...]

OBS

[...] p. ex. nuages de fumée ou de vapeur condensée provenant des fabriques; nuages de fumée artificielle destinés à protéger les cultures du gel; nuages de gaz ou poudres insecticides répandus sur les cultures.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Contaminación del aire
DEF

Nube de origen industrial ...

OBS

... por ejemplo, nubes de humo o de vapor condensado procedentes de fábricas; nubes de humo artificial producidas para proteger cultivos de la helada; nubes de gases o polvos insecticidas esparcidos sobre los cultivos.

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Record 4 2010-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
CONT

In the supercooled clouds, the condensed water converted into snow crystals can reach the mountain surface without evaporating.

CONT

The steam heating system conveys steam through pipes to heat exchangers, such as radiators, convectors, baseboard units, radiant panels, fan-driven heaters, and returns the resulting condensed water to the boiler. Such systems normally operate at pressure not exceeding 15 pounds per square inch gage(psig) or 103 kPa gage, and in many designs the condensed steam returns in the boiler by gravity because of the static head of water in the return piping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
CONT

[Chauffage à vapeur basse pression.] Les canalisations, que l'on peut classer en deux types : -l'aller qui lie le générateur aux corps de chauffe; cette canalisation est remplie de vapeur; de l'eau de condensation, du fait du refroidissement d'une partie de la vapeur, est véhiculée dans la même canalisation; -le retour : cette canalisation permet le retour de l'eau de condensation à la chaudière [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steam-Powered Machines and Condensers
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
CONT

When superheated steam expands in a turbine it drops in pressure, loses its superheat, and becomes wet... Consequently, this steam is led out of the turbine after it has passed through the early high-pressure stages. It is then piped back to a reheater, a device similar in design and placement to a superheater, where it is reheated to approximately the original superheat temperature. From the reheater, the steam enters the turbine at a succeeding stage and passes through the remainder of the turbine. It exhausts at low pressure and is condensed into water for recirculation to the boiler.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à vapeur et condenseurs
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
CONT

Resurchauffeur (chaudières de grandes centrales). Cet appareil permet de réchauffer la vapeur à moyenne pression qui a déjà travaillé par détente dans le corps haute pression de la turbine. La vapeur, ainsi réchauffée, en général jusqu'à la température de surchauffe, retourne au corps moyenne pression de la turbine pour y achever sa détente. De conception analogue au surchauffeur, le resurchauffeur est généralement constitué de serpentins en acier spécial disposés entre le surchauffeur de haute température et celui de basse température.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de vapor y condensadores
  • Hornos y calderas (Calefacción)
DEF

En los generadores de vapor, sistema de serpentines que desecan el vapor y aumentan su temperatura.

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Record 6 2006-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

Amine Sweetening Process... Rich amine is heated by hot regenerated lean amine in the heat exchanger. Rich amine is then further heated in the regeneration still column, by heat supplied from the reboiler. The steam rising through the still liberates H2S and CO2 and therefore regenerates the amine. Steam and acid gases separated from the rich amine are condensed and cooled, respectively, in the reflux condenser. Condensed steam is separated in the reflux accumulator and returned to the still. Acid gases may be flared or directed to an acid gas recovery system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
CONT

Accumulateur de reflux : Le produit CO2 est disponible sous forme de gaz pur à 99.99% (sur base sèche), saturé d'eau et à une pression positive.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steam-Powered Machines and Condensers
DEF

A steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.

CONT

So what is the difference between a non-condensing and condensing engine? A "condensing" steam engine does not exhaust its piped steam. Instead the spent steam is piped into a devise whcih, like a car radiator, cools the steam turning it back in to liquid water (cooling and condensing the steam). That still very hot wtaer is pumped back into the boilers where it is reheated and reused. Since the returning water is still very hot it requires less heat to bring it back up to boiling temperature. A big savings in fuel and boiling water is free of mud and dirt like normal river water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à vapeur et condenseurs

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heat (Physics)
  • Geothermal Energy
CONT

But with a configuration such as that... the steam could not accumulate to any great extent : it would tend to slide along the under side of the caprock towards cooler, outer zones where it would be condensed and rejoin the convection water stream.

OBS

Convection: (1) The circulatory motion that occurs in a fluid at a non-uniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity. (2) The transfer of heat by this automatic circulation of fluid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chaleur (Physique)
  • Énergie géothermique
CONT

Mais avec une configuration telle, la vapeur ne peut pas s'accumuler dans de grandes proportions: elle a tendance à glisser le long de la couche de roche couverture vers les zones extérieures plus froides, où elle est condensée, et rejoint les circuits d'eau de convection.

OBS

Ensemble des mouvements générés dans une masse fluide du fait des différences de densité en divers endroits de la masse et aux différences de température. Si une masse de liquide est réchauffée dans sa partie inférieure, le liquide chaud le plus voisin de la source thermique diminue en densité et tend à remonter en cédant la place à du liquide plus dense et plus froid. C'est ainsi qu'est généré un mouvement continu au sein de la masse, mouvement qui contribue au transport de la chaleur.

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
DEF

Removal of contaminants by injecting steam into the contaminated matter. The contaminant-loaded steam is then removed and condensed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Élimination de polluants en injectant de la vapeur dans le matériel à épurer, après quoi la vapeur chargée de ces polluants est séparée et condensée.

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
DEF

A system of heating(as for a building) in which steam generated in a boiler is piped to radiators in various parts of the system with the condensed steam being returned to the boiler for recirculation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
CONT

Chauffage à vapeur. Le fluide vecteur est constitué par de la vapeur d'eau. Les installations fonctionnent à basse pression [...] ou à haute pression [...] [dans] les installations à basse pression [...] la vapeur d'eau se condense partiellement le long de la canalisation d'aller [...] Dans le corps de chauffe, le surplus de vapeur se condense totalement en cédant de la chaleur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Calefacción
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Record 11 1992-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
CONT

To prevent pollution of the public water supply, the disposal of spent sulfite liquor into rivers is, in many cases, forbidden. The only solution possible is to evaporate it or even to dry it out completely.... The back-pressure process is notable for its great heat economy, but it makes necessary the profitable utilization of the back-pressure steam.... Because of the high temperatures during the evaporation process, thermal decomposition of the liquor may occur.... The thermal compression method is especially advantageous when cheap power is available. The steam formed during the evaporation is compressed and passed along the outer wall of the evaporator where it is condensed and its latent heat transferred to the boiling liquor.

OBS

back pressure evaporator: A type of evaporator used to concentrate pulp mill wash liquors and operate with all effects or units under pressure, with low-pressure steam leaving the last effect. It gives best economy in cases where there is a steady use for low-pressure steam, and is commonly used to concentrate bisulfite liquors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique

Spanish

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Record 12 1991-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

An apparatus used for a process in which the molecules of either a gas or liquid are captured by solid material. Usually the capturing solid is activated carbon, which has a large surface area of capillary form(the carbon can be regenerated by steam, which drives off the adsorbed material in the form of a vapor that can be condensed along with the steam).

CONT

Devices in which contaminant gases or vapors are retained on the surface of the porous media through which the carrier gas flows are adsorbers. The media most commonly used is activated carbon. The design of an adsorber is similar to that of a filter for particulate matter in that the gas flows through a porous bed.

CONT

Commonly used air cleaning devices include ... absorbers/adsorbers, which remove contaminants by separating them onto a liquid/solid medium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
CONT

Adsorbeurs. Le prélèvement par adsorption présente des difficultés considérables, moins du point de vue de l'appareillage qu'en raison de la nécessité de procéder à une étude préliminaire pour choisir l'adsorbant qui donnera les meilleurs résultats (...). Ce genre de prélèvement s'applique surtout à l'ozone et aux hydrocarbures légers. On aspire l'air ou le gaz à analyser dans des colonnes d'adsorption contenant du gel de silice, du charbon activé ou tout autre agent convenable. Après adsorption, les différents polluants sont extraits des colonnes (...)

Spanish

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Record 13 1990-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
  • Pipes and Fittings
CONT

Rapid condensation of steam is characteristic of steam unit heaters, especially during heating-up periods. The return piping must be planned to keep the heating coil free of condensate during periods of maximum heat output, and the steam piping must be able to carry a full supply of steam to the unit to take the place of that condensed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
CONT

Comptage volumétrique et thermostatique: il est effectué par enregistrement des indications fournies, d'une part, sur le débit du fluide chauffant au moyen d'une turbine à eau et, d'autre part, sur la différence des températures entre canalisations d'aller et de retour au moyen d'un ensemble thermostatique composé d'une sonde "chaude" (sur la tuyauterie aller) et d'une sonde "froide" (sur la tuyauterie retour).

CONT

[Installations à vapeur basse pression] Le diamètre minimal couramment admis pour les tuyauteries de retour est 3/8 (12 x 17).

Spanish

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Record 14 1990-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
CONT

The steam heating system conveys steam through pipes to heat exchangers, such as radiators, convectors, baseboard units, radiant panels, or fan-driven heaters, and returns the resulting condensed water to the boiler. Such systems normally operate at pressure not exceeding 15 pounds per square inch gage(psig) or 103 kPa gage, and in many designs the condensed steam returns to the boiler by gravity because of the static head of water in the return piping.

OBS

condensed: reduced from gaseous to liquid state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
CONT

[Chauffage à vapeur]. Dans le système avec trappes de retour, on utilise alors des trappes sur chaque radiateur ou convecteur; une trappe permet le passage de l'air et de la vapeur condensée et prévient le passage de la vapeur. Ainsi, la vapeur entre dans le radiateur, et aussitôt qu'elle se condense, elle passe par la trappe pour arriver dans le tuyau de retour.

Spanish

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Record 15 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
OBS

the--s are no longer much used, on account of many disadvantages, such as uncleanliness, dilution of juice by condensed steam, irregular pressure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
  • Outillage industriel
OBS

on peut arriver à diminuer la consommation de vapeur des -- en mettant sur la prise de vapeur un détenteur qui permet de régler la pression

Spanish

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