About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 78. Chapters: Double boiler, Water heating, List of boiler types, by manufacturer, Recovery boiler, Glossary of boiler terminology, Soil steam sterilization, Flued boiler, List of boiler explosions, Fire-tube boiler, Condensing boiler, National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, Water-tube boiler, AD700, Scotch marine boiler, Superheater, Vertical boiler with horizontal fire-tubes, Stirling boiler, Pop pop boat, Thermax, Gothic boiler, Franco-Crosti boiler, Greenwood Technologies, Round-topped boiler, Jetstream furnace, Leeds Forge Company, Firebox, Steam generator, Turndown ratio, Vertical cross-tube boiler, Launch-type boiler, Thermic siphon, Electric match, Boilermaker, Hybrid water heater, Steam accumulator, Boiler feedwater pump, Pulverized coal-fired boiler, Mark Benson, Philadelphia boiler explosion 1815, Electric steam boiler, Back boiler, Wet bottom furnace, Belpaire firebox, Electrode boiler, Flash boiler, Carryover with steam, Heat-only boiler station, Steam separator, Natural circulation boiler, Electric boiler. Excerpt: Water heating is a thermodynamic process using an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature. Typical domestic uses of hot water are for cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating. In industry, both hot water and water heated to steam have many uses. Domestically, water is traditionally heated in vessels known as water heaters, kettles, cauldrons, pots, or coppers. These metal vessels heat a batch of water but do not produce a continual supply of heated water at a preset temperature. The temperature will vary based on the consumption rate of hot water, use more and the water becomes cooler. Appliances for providing a more-or-less constant supply of hot water are variously known as water heaters, hot water heaters, hot water tanks, boilers, heat exchangers, calorifiers, o...
