superheater

English

Diagram of a steam locomotive. Superheater is #10.

Etymology

From superheat +‎ -er.

Noun

superheater (plural superheaters)

1. A component of a boiler system that heats the steam above its saturation temperature to prevent it condensing, and in the case of a steam engine to improve its efficiency.
   • 1944 November and December, Lord Monkswell, “The French Four-Cylinder Compound Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 326:

     In addition to all this, the fluidity of the steam itself was much increased by high superheat, usually achieved by means of the Houlet superheater. […] When the engine is working hard, the temperature of the steam is usually raised by the superheater to about 750° F.

Translations

component of boiler system

• Finnish: tulistin (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overheter m

• Polish: przegrzewacz m

Anagrams

• resuperheat