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  2. Horsepower - Wikipedia

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    Boiler horsepower is a boiler's capacity to deliver steam to a steam engine and is not the same unit of power as the 550 ft lb/s definition. One boiler horsepower is equal to the thermal energy rate required to evaporate 34.5 pounds (15.6 kg) of fresh water at 212 °F (100 °C) in one hour.

  3. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    horsepower-hour: hp⋅h ≡ 1 hp × 1 h = 2.684 519 537 696 172 792 × 10 6 J: inch-pound force: in lbf ≡ g 0 × 1 lb × 1 in = 0.112 984 829 027 6167 J: joule (SI unit) J The work done when a force of one newton moves the point of its application a distance of one metre in the direction of the force. [32] = 1 J = 1 m⋅N = 1 kg⋅m 2 /s 2 ...

  4. Horsepower-hour - Wikipedia

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    A horsepower-hour (symbol: hp⋅h) is an outdated unit of energy, not used in the International System of Units.The unit represents an amount of work a horse is supposed capable of delivering during an hour (1 horsepower integrated over a time interval of an hour).

  5. High-pressure steam locomotive - Wikipedia

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    The HP boiler worked at approx 850 psi (5.86 MPa), and the low-pressure boiler at 200 to 250 psi (1.38 to 1.72 MPa). The UHP and HP boilers were of a water-tube design, while the LP boiler was a fire-tube boiler typical for steam locomotives. The LP cylinders were driven with a mixture of the HP cylinder exhaust and the LP boiler output.

  6. Boiler - Wikipedia

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    Direct method of boiler efficiency test is more usable or more common. Boiler efficiency = power out / power in = Q × (Hg − Hf) / (q × GCV) × 100%. where Q, rate of steam flow in kg/h Hg, enthalpy of saturated steam in kcal/kg Hf, enthalpy of feed water in kcal/kg q, rate of fuel use in kg/h

  7. Compound steam engine - Wikipedia

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    A solution to the dilemma was invented in 1804 by British engineer Arthur Woolf, who patented his Woolf high pressure compound engine in 1805. In the compound engine, high-pressure steam from the boiler first expands in a high-pressure (HP) cylinder and then enters one or more subsequent lower pressure (LP) cylinders.

  8. Lincoln power stations - Wikipedia

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    The station had a boiler house and an engine house. The boiler house contained the following plant: [2] 5 × economic boilers operating at 125 psi (8.6 bar) (saturated) 1 × Climax boiler operating at 200 psi (13.8 bar) (superheated) 1 × Babcock & Wilcox 6,000 pounds per hour (0.756 kg/s) boiler, operating at 200 psi (13.8 bar) (superheated)

  9. Ton of refrigeration - Wikipedia

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    It was originally defined as the rate of heat transfer that results in the freezing or melting of 1 short ton (2,000 lb; 907 kg) of pure ice at 0 °C (32 °F) in 24 hours. [1] [2] The modern definition is exactly 12,000 Btu IT /h (3.516853 kW). Air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment capacity in the U.S. is often specified in "tons" (of ...