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Furnace — For other uses, see Furnace (disambiguation). Industrial Furnace from 1907 A furnace is a device used for heating. The name derives from Latin fornax, oven. In American English and Canadian English, the term furnace on its own is generally used… … Wikipedia
Water-tube boiler — A water tube boiler is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by the fire. Water tube boilers are used for high pressure boilers. Fuel is burned inside the furnace, creating hot gas which heats up water in the steam … Wikipedia
furnace — noun 1 space where glass or metal is heated ADJECTIVE ▪ blazing, fiery, hot, red hot ▪ glass, steel ▪ arc, blast … Collocations dictionary
Water back — Back Back, n. [F. bac: cf. Arm. bag, bak a bark, D. bak tray, bowl.] 1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jetstream furnace — Jetstream furnaces (later Tempest wood burning boilers), were an advanced design of wood fired water heaters conceived by Dr. Richard Hill of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, USA. The design heated a house to prove the theory, then with… … Wikipedia
Electric arc furnace — An electric arc furnace (EAF) is a furnace that heats charged material by means of an electric arc. Arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one ton capacity (used in foundries for producing cast iron products) up to about 400 … Wikipedia
Cornwall Iron Furnace — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark … Wikipedia
Feed water — Feed Feed, n. 1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep. [1913 Webster] 2. A grazing or pasture ground. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An allowance of provender given to a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pressurized water reactor — (PWRs) (also VVER if of Russian design) are generation II nuclear power reactors that use ordinary water under high pressure (superheated water) as coolant and neutron moderator. The primary coolant loop is kept under high pressure to prevent the … Wikipedia
Blast furnace — Blast Blast (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr. a verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth. bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E. blow. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
