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Definition of Superheat
1. v. t. To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.
2. n. The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.
3. v. t. To heat a liquid above its boiling point without converting it into vapor.
Definition of Superheat
1. Verb. To heat a liquid above its boiling point ¹
2. Verb. To heat a vapour above its saturation point ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superheat
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superheat
Literary usage of Superheat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"See paragraph 182 for the influence of superheat on the economy of ... Limit of
superheat. — In this country steam temperatures exceeding 600 deg. fahr. arc ..."
2. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1913)
"A moderate amount of superheat produces a large increase in olume, the pressure
remaining constant, and diminishes the weight i steam per stroke for a given ..."
3. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1910)
".A moderate amount of superheat produces a large increase in volume, the pressure
remaining constant, and diminishes the weight of steam per stroke for a ..."
4. Principles of Thermodynamics by George Alfred Goodenough (1920)
"High Vacuum and superheat.—Obviously the steam turbine can utilize a high ...
High superheat may be used advantageously in the steam turbine since there are ..."
5. Steam Turbines: A Treatise Covering U.S. Naval Practice by George Julian Meyers (1917)
"superheat. 121 superheated Steam. The use of superheated steam for marine turbine
... superheat is used with battleships having electric drive where the ..."
6. An Introduction to Thermodynamics, for Engineering Students by John Mills (1910)
"Temperature of superheat. At 130.3 pounds gauge 3 pounds of steam ... Find the
degrees of superheat. Solution. The volume per pound is 3.5 cubic feet. ..."
7. An Introduction to Thermodynamics, for Engineering Students by John Mills (1910)
"Temperature of superheat. At 130.3 pounds gauge 3 pounds of steam occupy 10.5 cubic
... Find the degrees of superheat. Solution. The volume per pound is 3.5 ..."
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