wet steam

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wet steam

n
(General Engineering) steam, usually low-pressure, that contains water droplets in suspension
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At 107,625 hectares the EDC Leyte Geothermal Production Field is the country's biggest geothermal project and the world's biggest wet steam field.
That's wet steam, and what you see there is actually moisture--water droplets--coming out of the top.
(EDC) is a global geothermal energy industry pioneer and the recognized world leader in wet steam field technology.
They are capable of directly utilizing the pressure in natural gas, wet steam, dry steam, geothermal fluids and many other waste streams and waste heat.
Heliex's 'clever trick' is doing something that has not really been done before on any major kind of commercial basis using wet steam - what Wright refers to as 'the grey stuff' - rather than dry steam that is normally used.
In addition, an often overlooked consequence of boiler water carryover is the efficiency loss due to wet steam. Since water at a given pressure has lower heat content than steam, wet steam has lower heat content than dry steam.
The building features private changerooms and showers, a modern yoga and fitness room, a wet steam room, a dry sauna, a media room, meeting rooms and office space.
Spirax Sarco has designed and supplied a new steam system for animal feed producer Sarval (Hartshill) Ltd to overcome production problems caused by wet steam. Spirax Sarco project managed the system's design and installation and also supplied the pipework, valves, steam traps and flow meters for the new 18m [pounds sterling] facility.
In fact, there was a section listing spa treatments for men, as well as details of a Gentlemen's Health Suite that offered a men-only wet steam room and dry heat Swedish sauna.
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