Feed heater

(Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
- Knight.
A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
See under Feed.

See also: Feed, Feed, Heater

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The NGC's indoor unit (IDU) includes a built-in 10 MHz reference source as well as environmental controls for the feed heater and, because of the terrain in which it will operate, a sand/dust deviator.
2 reactor, 0.8 liter of water containing high radioactivity of an estimated 36,000 becquerels has leaked from the pipes of a moisture separator in a room with a feed heater, which sends steam to low-pressure turbines of the reactor.
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