Light Steam Power was a magazine dedicated to amateur and small-scale interest in steam power. Its masthead for some years described itself as, "Authentic...
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A steam-powered aircraft is an aircraft propelled by a steam engine. Steam power was used during the 19th century, but fell into disuse with the arrival...
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steam technology to power road vehicles. While gasoline-powered ICE cars have an operational thermal efficiency of 15% to 30%, early automotive steam...
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demise of steam power in small- to medium-scale commercial applications: excessive pollution, maintenance costs, labour-intensive operation, low power/weight...
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size depends on the application: mobile steam engines such as steam locomotives, portable engines and steam-powered road vehicles typically use a smaller...
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condensed steam as water-liquid to the boiler at high pressure with relatively little expenditure of pumping power is important. Condensation of steam to water...
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Improvements to the steam engine were some of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution, although steam did not replace water power in importance...
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with Steam Machine and the Steam Controller, the Steam Deck integrates a custom AMD APU and SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system. The Steam Deck represents...
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considered the pinnacle of steam car development. The term "Doble steam car" comprises any of several makes of steam-powered automobile in the early 20th...
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Steam is a digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide...
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clockwork-driven carriage. In 1672, a small-scale steam-powered vehicle was created by Ferdinand Verbiest; the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation...
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Geothermal power is electrical power generated from geothermal energy. Technologies in use include dry steam power stations, flash steam power stations...
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Steam Powered Giraffe is an American musical project formed in San Diego, California in 2008, self-described as "a musical act that combines robot pantomime...
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Consolidated Edison (redirect from United Electric Light and Power Company)
gas, and steam companies. Consolidated Edison acquired land on the Hudson River in Buchanan, NY, in 1954 for the Indian Point nuclear power plant. The...
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general design include electrically powered boilers, turbines in place of pistons, and using steam generated externally. Steam locomotives were first developed...
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nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces...
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as light steam tractors, these engines are generally just smaller versions of the "road locomotive". This article concentrates on the steam-powered agricultural...
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The history of steam road vehicles comprises the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails, whether for...
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1900. From 1940 onwards, steam cars have tended to be either experimental or prototypes. The first experimental steam-powered vehicles were built in the...
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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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Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. (formerly FPL Group, Inc.), is the largest power utility in Florida...
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concentrated light is converted to heat (solar thermal energy), which drives a heat engine (usually a steam turbine) connected to an electrical power generator...
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Arabelle Solutions (redirect from GE Steam Power)
of which was spun off from GE Steam Power, is a French multinational specialising in nuclear activities related to steam turbines (Arabelle) for the conventional...
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Pressurized water reactor (redirect from PWR (nuclear power))
water reactor (PWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor. PWRs constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (with notable exceptions...
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improves the removal of steam bubbles, thus increasing the density of the coolant/moderator with the result of decreasing power. The light-water reactor also...
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Duke Energy (redirect from Nantahala Power & Light Co.)
Station Marshall Steam Station Mayo Plant Miami Fort Power Station (purchased by Dynegy, 2014) Riverbend Steam Station (retired) Roxboro Steam Plant Wabash...
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kind of gas-fired power plant. The same principle is also used for marine propulsion, where it is called a combined gas and steam (COGAS) plant. Combining...
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SteamOS is a Linux distribution developed by Valve. It incorporates Valve's popular namesake Steam video game storefront and is the primary operating system...
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and required steam vessels to display red and green sidelights as well as a white masthead light whilst under way and a single white light when at anchor...
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thermal power stations produce steam, so they are sometimes called steam power stations. Not all thermal energy can be transformed into mechanical power, according...
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