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Definition of Live steam
1. Noun. Steam coming from a boiler at full pressure.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Live Steam
Literary usage of Live steam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1906)
"Can a direct-pressure, water-return, steam-heating plant be made to pay, using
live steam exclusively, where the average cost of coal to the consumer is ..."
2. Biennial Report by Nebraska Roads and Irrigation Dept (1906)
"there is steam wasted during the electrical peak and live steam must be put into
the heating plant during the morning hours. ..."
3. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"The function 'of a live- steam heater and purifier is primarily that of purification
and hence ... 355 shows a section through a Hoppes live-steam purifier. ..."
4. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company (1913)
"The so-called live steam purifiers are open heaters, the water being raised to
the boiling temperature and the carbonates and a portion of the sulphates ..."
5. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1910)
"Live-Steam Separators. General. — The function of a steam separator is the removal
of entrained water from steam. Unless a boiler is liberally provided with ..."
6. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"Live-steam Separators. General.—The function of a steam s rator is the removal
of entrained water from steam. Unless a boiler is liberally provided with ..."
7. Steam Power Plant Auxiliaries and Accessories by Terrell Croft (1922)
"A Live-Steam Separator (Fig. 369) is a device for removing entrained water from the
... Live-Steam And Exhaust-Steam Separators Installed In Engine Piping. ..."
8. Steam Power Plants, Their Design and Construction by Henry Coddington Meyer (1912)
"Purifying by live steam. — A live-steam purifier is a device similar in a general
way to most open-type feed-water heaters in that it consists of a shell ..."
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