A steam generator is a device used to boil water to create steam. It may refer to:
- Boiler (steam generator), a closed vessel in which water is heated under pressure
- Supercritical steam generator 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), a steam-powered boiler used on ships to produce a low-pressure steam, from a high-pressure supply.
- Steam generator (boiler), an oil- or gas-fired boiler, based on a low-water content monotube coil.
- Steam generator (nuclear power), a heat exchanger in a pressurized water nuclear reactor
- Steam generator (railroad), a device used in trains to provide heat to passenger cars
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... Supercritical steam generators are frequently used for the production of electric power ... In contrast to a "subcritical boiler", a supercritical steam generator operates at such a high pressure (over 3,200 psi or 22 MPa) that actual boiling ceases to ... There is no generation of steam bubbles within the water, because the pressure is above the critical pressure at which steam bubbles can form ...
... A steam generator is a type of boiler used to produce steam for climate control and potable water heating in railroad passenger cars ... The output of a railroad steam generator is low pressure, saturated steam that is passed through a system of pipes and conduits throughout the length of the train ... Steam generators were developed when diesel locomotives started to replace steam locomotives on passenger trains ...
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... Supercritical steam generators are frequently used for the production of electric power ... In contrast to a "subcritical boiler", a supercritical steam generator operates at such a high pressure (over 3,200 psi or 22.06 MPa) that actual boiling ceases to occur ... There is no generation of steam bubbles within the water, because the pressure is above the critical pressure at which steam bubbles can form ...
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