Steam (2154 bytes)
2: ...[[physical chemistry]] and in [[engineering]], '''steam''' refers to [[vapor]]ized [[water]]. It is a pu...
4: '''Superheated steam''' is steam heated well beyond its boiling point ([[saturatio...
6: ...sh into steam very quickly; this is called a '''[[steam explosion]]'''.
8: ... the [[Rankine cycle]], to model the behaviour of steam engines.
10: ...his maximises the energy efficiency, but such wet-steam conditions have to be carefully controlled to avo...

Steam explosion (2115 bytes)
1: ...hat chemical explosions and fires often follow. A steam explosion is a special kind of [[BLEVE|Boiling Li...
3: ...ers hot, molten metal. As the water explodes into steam, it splashes the burning hot liquid metal along w...
5: ... accident]] is thought to have been due to such a steam explosion.
7: ...ilding and reaches [[ground water]], where a huge steam explosion would occur, dispersing [[radioactive c...

Steam (band) (758 bytes)
1: '''Steam''' was a pop music group best known for their 196...
3: ...events gradually became a tradition and today the Steam hit is commonly heard at arenas and stadiums thro...

Steam generator (1027 bytes)
1: ...to turn to steam and then make its way out of the steam generator(s) and on to the turbin generators.
5: A common way of inspecting steam generator tubing is by the non-destructive testin...
7: It is extremely difficult to explain the steam generators without going into detail about the pr...

Steam brig (872 bytes)
1: ...as convenient, and additionally, it could use the steam power to move relative to the wind to obtain a mo...
3: ... with the small cargo space and fuel expense of a steam ship.
9: * [[steam ship]]

Steam cracking (3756 bytes)
1: '''Steam cracking''' is a [[petrochemical]] process in whi...
3: ...aseous or liquid hydrocarbon feed is diluted with steam and then briefly heated in a furnace. Typically,...
5: ...ns are designed to minimize this. Nonetheless, a steam cracking furnace can usually only run for a few m...
8: ...tion]]s aimed at modeling what takes place during steam cracking have included hundreds or even thousands...
10: ...adicals that drive the rest of the reactions. In steam cracking, initiation usually involves breaking a ...

Steam shovel (289 bytes)
1: ...ary steam shovel at work.jpg|frame|right|A rotary steam shovel at work in [[New Ulm, Minnesota]] in the l...
2: A '''steam shovel''' is a large excavating [[machine]] desig...

Steam (disambiguation) (666 bytes)
1: '''Steam''' has several possible meanings.
3: ... condenses above boiling water as the hot vapor ("steam" in the first sense) mixes with the cooler air.
5: * In railways, there are '''steam''' as distinct from diesel or electric [[locomoti...
7: * '''[[Steam (band)|Steam]]''' was a pop music group.
9: * '''[[Steam (content delivery)|Steam]]''' is a content delivery system used by [[Valve...

Steam car (890 bytes)
1: ...er (like the [[Titanic]]), or [[steam boat]]. The steam car was the next logical step in independent tran...
3: Steam cars take longer to start, but some can reach spe...
4: ... are more efficient at about 25-28% efficiency. A steam engine car will work at only 5-8% efficiency.
8: *[[steam engine]]
9: *[[Stanley Steamer]]

Steam beer (5900 bytes)
1: ...ences to it in literature of the 1890s and 1900s. Steam beer may be defined as a highly effervescent beer...
3: ... for a category of modern beers similar to Anchor Steam®.
5: ... possibility is that it was necessary to let off "steam" before attempting to dispense the beer.
14: Steam Beer uses bottom fermenting lager yeasts at ale t...
16: ==Steam beer in literature==

Steam dummy (1122 bytes)
1: ...''', in the [[United States of America]], was a [[steam engine]] enclosed in a [[wood]]en box structure m...
3: Steam dummies had some popularity in the first decades ...
5: ...orse]]s, rather than the unfamiliar outlines of a steam engine.
7: Many steam dummies were simply [[locomotive]]s enclosed in c...

Steam Detectives (1880 bytes)
1: '''Steam Detectives''' (''Kaiketsu Jōki Tanteidan'' &...
7: ...tons, large steam-powered robots. With the air of Steam City thick with [[fog]] and white smoke, thieves ...
25: http://www.flowerstorm.net/disa/Site-Nemesis/steamdetectives.html
28: [[Category:Steampunk]]

Steam engine (16661 bytes)
1: ...ll used for electrical power generation using a [[steam turbine]].
3: ...oof alchohol, dry grass, hay, dry weeds, etc. The steam expands and pushes against a piston or turbine, w...
7: The first steam device, the [[aeolipile| ''aeolipile'']], was inv...
9: ...gine to power the first commercially successful [[steamship]].
11: ...[steam locomotive]]s) used the power of expanding steam.

Steam reforming (946 bytes)
1: .... At high temperatures (700 – 1100 °C), steam reacts with methane to yield [[carbon monoxide]] ...
5: ...ive method. The [[United States]] produce through steam reforming of natural gas nearly all of the nine m...

Steam turbine (3561 bytes)
1: ... of dry pressurized [[superheater|superheated]] [[steam]] as mechanical movement.
3: ...rds the next blade. The process repeats until the steam is completely expanded. The moving blades are mou...
5: ...urbiny parowej ORP Wicher.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[steam turbine|Parsons turbine]] from the [[Polish Navy|...
7: ...ifically optimised for the pressure and volume of steam that it will operate with.
9: ...n their feed. Water droplets can quickly damage a steam turbine if the turbine blades have not been desig...

Steam aircraft (1450 bytes)
1: '''Steam aircraft''' were unusual devices because of the d...
3: ...red aircraft was [[Henri Giffard]]'s 3 horsepower steam [[airship|dirigible]] which he flew over Paris in...
7: ...steam biplane, a [[Travel Air 2000]] powered by a steam engine of his own design, flew several times at [...
9: ...eating a steam-powered helicopter by installing a steam engine into a [[Hughes 300]] helicopter.
12: *[http://www.flyingkettle.com/ Site dedicated to steam aircraft]

Steam rupture (633 bytes)
1: ...se soon burst causing (sometimes [[radioactive]]) steam to leak into the reactor or plant. As seen in [[...

Steam hammer (1082 bytes)
1: ...eir own weight are called ''steam drop hammers''. Steam hammers vary greatly in weight from 45 kilograms ...
3: The steam hammer was invented around [[1837]] by [[James Na...
5: The steam hammer was one of many [[machine tool]]s invented...

Steam distillation (1233 bytes)
1: '''Steam distillation''' is a special type of [[distillati...
3: ...ances to be distilled are very sensitive to heat, steam destillation can also be combined with [[vacuum d...
5: ... oils for, for instance, perfumes. In this method steam is guided over the plant material containing the ...

Steam locomotive nomenclature (6651 bytes)
1: ...listing of the components found on a [[Locomotive|Steam Locomotive]].
4: ...lature.jpg|center|Steam Locomotive]]<br>''Fig. 1: Steam Locomotive''</center>
7: ...re.jpg|Steam Locomotive and Tender]]<br>''Fig. 2: Steam Locomotive and Tender''</center>
11: ...r; 21. Boiler check; 22. Steam Dome; 23. Auxilary Steam Dome; 24. Sand box; 25. Cab; 26. Air pump; 27. Fo...
13: ...es passed through long tubes, thereby producing [[steam]]. From time to time the tubes need to be cleaned...

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