Superheater

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  • n. A component of a boiler system that heats the steam produced above its saturation temperature to prevent it condensing, and in case of a steam engine to improve its efficiency.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An apparatus for superheating steam.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In a steam-engine, a contrivance for increasing the temperature of the steam to the amount it would lose on its way from the boiler until exhausted from the cylinder.
  • Word Usage
    "The still is heated directly with a coal or coke fire, and in this fire space is the superheater, which consists of a coil of pipes through which high pressure steam from the boiler is superheated."
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