Boiler
device · 1712 · Early modern era
A vessel in which water turns into steam under pressure.
What it is made of
- Safety valve — has part. A mandatory safeguard for boilers.
- Manometer — has part. The gauge on a boiler shows the steam pressure — without it the boiler could explode.
Principles and materials it uses
- Combustion — uses. The firebox heats the water.
- Latent heat — uses. Evaporation needs latent heat.
- Copper — is made of. Early boilers were copper.
- Wrought iron — is made of. Later — made of sheet wrought iron.
Where it is used
- Newcomen engine — is part of. Steam from the boiler.
- Watt steam engine — is part of. The boiler supplies steam.
- Steam turbine — is part of. Steam from the boiler.
- Thermal power station — is part of. Boilers.
- Central heating — is part of. A boiler.
- Espresso machine — is part of. A boiler.
- Steam carriage — is part of. A boiler.
- Excavator — is part of. The first excavators were steam-powered.
- Steam hammer — is part of. A boiler supplies the steam.
- Road roller — is part of. The first rollers were steam-driven.
- Combined heat and power plant — is part of. Power boilers.
- Autoclave — is part of. A steam generator.
What it is a kind of
- Fire-tube boiler — includes. A boiler.