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desuperheat, v.|diːˈs(j)uːpəhiːt| [f. de- II. 1 + superheat v.] trans. To reduce the temperature of (superheated steam). So deˈsuperheated ppl. a., deˈsuperheating vbl. n.
1931Craig & Anderson Steam Power viii. 201 It is often necessary to desuperheat steam when the pressure and temperature..are too high. 1959C. D. Swift Steam Power Plants xvii. 429 The desuperheating water must be broken up into a fine mist in order to get a large and intimate contact surface with the steam to be desuperheated. Ibid., The element which feels the desuperheated steam temperature must be carefully located. Hence deˈsuperheater, an apparatus which desuperheats steam.
1931Craig & Anderson Steam Power viii. 201 A desuperheater is sometimes used as a feedwater heater. 1951Engineering 23 Nov. 643/2 Steam..is passed through desuperheaters..which reduce the temperature to..above saturation. |