furnace fuel
51Basic oxygen furnace — A basic oxygen furnace, also known as an LD converter , is the place within an integrated steel mill where molten iron from the blast furnace is changed into liquid steel. LD is short for Linz Donawitz, the names of the two towns in Austria, near …
52Open-front furnace — Open O pen, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. [ o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.] 1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or… …
53Open-hearth furnace — Open O pen, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. [ o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.] 1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or… …
54gas furnace — 1. a furnace using gas as a fuel. 2. a furnace for distilling gas from a solid fuel, as coal. [1870 75] * * * …
55Flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion — refers to the combustion product gas resulting from the burning of fossil fuels [http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/index.html Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors] ] . Most fossil fuels are combusted with ambient air (as differentiated… …
56Jetstream furnace — Jetstream furnaces (later Tempest wood burning boilers), were an advanced design of wood fired water heaters conceived by Dr. Richard Hill of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, USA. The design heated a house to prove the theory, then with… …
57Solid fuel — refers to various types of solid material that are used as fuel to produce energy and provide heating, usually released through combustion. Solid fuels include wood (see wood fuel), charcoal, peat, coal, Hexamine fuel tablets, and pellets made… …
58Annual fuel utilization efficiency — The annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE; pronounced A Few ) is a thermal efficiency measure of combustion equipment like furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. The AFUE differs from the true thermal efficiency in that it is not a steady state …
59solar furnace — noun a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun; can produce high temperatures • Syn: ↑solar dish, ↑solar collector • Hypernyms: ↑reflector • Part Holonyms: ↑solar thermal system * * * noun …
60Regenerative furnace — Regenerative Re*gen er*a*tive (r?*j?n ?r*?*t?v), a. Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. H. Bushnell. [1913 Webster] {Regenerative furnace} (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which gas… …
