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    A condensing steam locomotive is a type of locomotive designed to recover exhaust steam, either in order to improve range between taking on boiler water...
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  • up condensing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Condensing may refer to: Condensation Condensing steam locomotive Condensing boiler Condensing osteitis...
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  • (BWR/2, BWR/3 and SBWR series) in nuclear energy production Condensing steam locomotive Jet condenser Surface condenser Condensers for collecting atmospheric...
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    shunting locomotives and railcars. Steam could be raised much more quickly than with a conventional locomotive boiler. Trials of the Anderson condensing system...
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    South African Class 25 4-8-4 (category Condensing steam locomotives)
    1953 was a condensing steam locomotive. Between 1953 and 1955, the South African Railways placed ninety Class 25 condensing steam locomotives with a 4-8-4...
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    simple or condensing mode: Simple mode meant the exhaust gas left the cylinder and passed straight into the atmosphere In condensing mode, the steam was cooled...
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    A steam turbine locomotive was a steam locomotive which transmitted steam power to the wheels via a steam turbine. Numerous attempts at this type of locomotive...
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    the condensing of steam turbine exhaust in power plants. In thermal power plants, the purpose of a surface condenser is to condense the exhaust steam from...
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    railwaymen as "water cart" tenders. Condensing steam locomotives were designed to recycle exhaust steam by condensing it into feed water. The principal...
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    general usage, the term steam engine can refer to either complete steam plants (including boilers etc.), such as railway steam locomotives and portable engines...
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    pre-heat water delivered to a steam generating boiler. Preheating the feedwater reduces the irreversibilities involved in steam generation and therefore improves...
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    GNR Class N2 (category Condensing steam locomotives)
    Class N2/1 built 1920–21, GNR locos with condensing apparatus Class N2/2 built 1925, LNER locos without condensing apparatus; vacuum brake, for Scotland...
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    20-1103 at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg FD20-2 FDk condensing steam locomotive Russian Railway Museum, St.Petersburg The Museum of the Moscow...
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    motion of a steam piston into a rotary motion by means of a ratchet arrangement. A small version of his three-wheeled fardier à vapeur ("steam dray") was...
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    of the early 18th century could support. Much heat was lost when condensing the steam, as this cooled the cylinder. This did not matter unduly at a colliery...
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  • List of steam technology patents. This is a list of patents relating to steam engines, steam locomotives, boilers, steam accumulators, condensers, etc...
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    Crosshead (category Locomotive parts)
    the planer which was suited for producing guides. Crossheads in a steam locomotive can be mounted either to one guide mounted above the crosshead or to...
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    the working and secondary fluid. A surface condenser is one in which condensing medium and vapors are physically separated and used when direct contact...
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    cylinders. A hydraulic lock can occur in steam engines due to steam condensing back into water. In most steam engine designs there is a short time at the...
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    paddle steamers to cross the English Channel. Murdoch built a prototype steam locomotive in 1784, and made a number of discoveries in chemistry. Murdoch remained...
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    several steam cars and in 1858 he built the second. Instead of looking like a steam car it resembled a small locomotive. It consisted of a steam engine...
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    the locomotive was in motion. High chimneys on locomotives with low footplates had the additional advantage of keeping smoke and condensing steam above...
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    railway steam locomotive. The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place on 21 February 1804, when Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled...
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    high-pressure steam locomotive is a steam locomotive with a boiler that operates at pressures well above what would be considered normal for other locomotives. Most...
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    Watt's linkage Boilers Cylinder Locomotive Oscillating Single- and double-acting Condenser Condensing steam locomotive Jet Kirchweger Watt's separate "Pickle-pot"...
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    Metropolitan Railway A Class (category Condensing steam locomotives)
    The Metropolitan Railway A Class and B Class were 4-4-0T condensing steam locomotives built for the Metropolitan Railway by Beyer Peacock, first used in...
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    A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.: 80  It is fuelled by...
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    This List of Russian steam locomotive classes includes those built both before and during the Soviet era. They are to the gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm) unless...
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    temperature used to condense the flue gas reduces standing losses during the off cycle. The lower boiler temperature precludes a condensing steam boiler and requires...
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    A steam motor is a form of steam engine used for light locomotives and light self-propelled motor cars used on railways. The origins of steam motor cars...
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