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  • Thumbnail for Condensing steam locomotive
    maintaining a vacuum to improve both efficiency and power. Unlike the surface condenser often used on a steam turbine or marine steam engine, the condensing apparatus...
    13 KB (1,638 words) - 21:23, 11 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vacuum distillation
    under a vacuum to lower its boiling point and has a heat source applied, allowing the fresh water to boil off and be condensed. The condensing of the water...
    15 KB (1,755 words) - 11:50, 13 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zero-point energy
    zero-point fields. In quantum field theory this combination of fields is called the vacuum state, its associated zero-point energy is called the vacuum energy...
    209 KB (26,936 words) - 19:57, 2 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sublimation (phase transition)
    compounds re-condensing along the tube according to their different volatilities, and non-volatile compounds remaining in the hot end. Vacuum sublimation...
    23 KB (2,360 words) - 23:25, 2 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pressure measurement
    greater than total vacuum is technically a form of pressure. For very low pressures, a gauge that uses total vacuum as the zero point reference must be...
    74 KB (9,894 words) - 01:28, 28 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Distillation
    than the boiling point of the liquid at standard pressure, and the distillate only has to travel a short distance before condensing. A short path ensures...
    71 KB (8,809 words) - 22:53, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vacuum
    A vacuum (pl.: vacuums or vacua) is space devoid of matter. The word is derived from the Latin adjective vacuus (neuter vacuum) meaning "vacant" or "void"...
    67 KB (7,594 words) - 04:53, 13 August 2024
  • A vacuum ejector, or simply ejector is a type of vacuum pump, which produces vacuum by means of the Venturi effect. In an ejector, a working fluid (liquid...
    8 KB (1,196 words) - 17:21, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Watt steam engine
    used steam to draw water directly from a well by means of a vacuum created by condensing steam. The appliance was also proposed for draining mines, but...
    29 KB (3,896 words) - 04:53, 20 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reflow oven
    a heat transfer liquid (e. g. PFPE) condensing on the PCBs. The liquid used is chosen with a desired boiling point in mind to suit the solder alloy to...
    7 KB (878 words) - 15:05, 18 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of the steam engine
    pressure, i.e. 40-50 psi (276-345 kPa), the point being that the high-pressure engine in question was non-condensing, driven solely by the expansive power of...
    54 KB (6,832 words) - 03:01, 30 August 2024
  • Cryopump (category Vacuum pumps)
    A cryopump or a "cryogenic pump" is a vacuum pump that traps gases and vapours by condensing them on a cold surface, but are only effective on some gases...
    9 KB (1,216 words) - 14:48, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vacuum evaporation
    Vacuum evaporation is the process of causing the pressure in a liquid-filled container to be reduced below the vapor pressure of the liquid, causing the...
    6 KB (641 words) - 14:24, 27 July 2024
  • Work function (category Vacuum)
    work (i.e., energy) needed to remove an electron from a solid to a point in the vacuum immediately outside the solid surface. Here "immediately" means that...
    31 KB (3,657 words) - 12:42, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vacuum pump
    A vacuum pump is a type of pump device that draws gas particles from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. The first vacuum pump was...
    39 KB (4,578 words) - 09:08, 14 August 2024
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    Cold trap (category Vacuum systems)
    In vacuum applications, a cold trap is a device that condenses all vapors except the permanent gases (hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen) into a liquid or...
    6 KB (730 words) - 20:49, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Injector
    or an aspirator. An ejector operates on similar principles to create a vacuum feed connection for braking systems etc. The motive fluid may be a liquid...
    21 KB (2,923 words) - 08:17, 7 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Surface condenser
    other than the condensing of steam turbine exhaust in power plants. In thermal power plants, the purpose of a surface condenser is to condense the exhaust...
    13 KB (1,856 words) - 07:11, 9 August 2024
  • portion of the condensed overhead product that is returned to the tower. The reflux flowing downwards provides the cooling required for condensing the vapors...
    18 KB (2,349 words) - 18:40, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Central vacuum cleaner
    A central vacuum cleaner (also known as built-in or ducted) is a type of vacuum cleaner appliance installed into a building as a semi-permanent fixture...
    36 KB (4,753 words) - 22:43, 29 August 2024
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