Steam generator
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A steam generator is a device used to boil water to create steam. It may refer to:
- Boiler (steam generator)Boiler (steam generator)A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water. Although the definitions are somewhat flexible, it can be said that older steam generators were commonly termed boilers and worked at low to medium pressure but, at pressures above this, it is more...
, a closed vessel in which water is heated under pressure - Supercritical steam generatorSupercritical steam generatorSupercritical steam generators are frequently used for the production of electric power. They operate at supercritical pressure. In contrast to a "subcritical boiler", a supercritical steam generator operates at such a high pressure that actual boiling ceases to occur, the boiler has no liquid...
or Benson boiler, a high-pressure steam generator that operates in the supercritical pressure regime, such that no boiling takes place within it. - Steam generator (auxiliary boiler)Steam generator (auxiliary boiler)A steam generator, in the sense of an auxiliary boiler on a ship, is a form of boiler. It uses high-pressure superheated steam from the main steam supply used for propulsion, and uses this to generate low pressure saturated steam...
, a steam-powered boiler used on ships to produce a low-pressure steam, from a high-pressure supply. - Steam generator (boiler)Steam generator (boiler)A steam generator is a form of low water-content boiler, similar to a flash steam boiler. The usual construction is as a spiral coil of water-tube, arranged as a single, or monotube, coil. Circulation is once-through and pumped under pressure, as a forced-circulation boiler...
, an oil- or gas-fired boiler, based on a low-water content monotube coil. - Steam generator (nuclear power)Steam generator (nuclear power)Steam generators are heat exchangers used to convert water into steam from heat produced in a nuclear reactor core. They are used in pressurized water reactors between the primary and secondary coolant loops....
, a heat exchanger in a pressurized water nuclear reactor - Steam generator (railroad)Steam generator (railroad)Steam generator is the term used to describe a type of boiler used to produce steam for climate control and potable water heating in railroad passenger cars...
, a device used in trains to provide heat to passenger cars