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  2. Boiler explosion - Wikipedia

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    The sudden dispersion and projection of the water in the boiler against the bounding surfaces of the boiler is the great cause of the violence of the results: the dispersion, being caused by the momentary generation of steam throughout the mass of the water, and in its efforts to escape, it carries the water before it, and the combined momentum ...

  3. Steam explosion - Wikipedia

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    Littoral explosion at Waikupanaha ocean entry at the big island of Hawaii was caused by the lava entering the ocean. A steam explosion is an explosion caused by violent boiling or flashing of water or ice into steam, occurring when water or ice is either superheated, rapidly heated by fine hot debris produced within it, or heated by the interaction of molten metals (as in a fuel–coolant ...

  4. FAA warns of safety hazard from overheating engine housing on ...

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    U.S. regulators are warning airlines to limit the use of an anti-icing system on Boeing 737 Max jets in dry air to avoid overheating engine-housing parts, which could cause them to break away from ...

  5. Superheated steam - Wikipedia

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    Superheated steam was widely used in main line steam locomotives. Saturated steam has three main disadvantages in a steam engine: it contains small droplets of water which have to be periodically drained from the cylinders; being precisely at the boiling point of water for the boiler pressure in use, it inevitably condenses to some extent in the steam pipes and cylinders outside the boiler ...

  6. Dieseling - Wikipedia

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    Dieseling (in the sense of engine run-on, and disregarding combustible gaseous mixtures via the air intake) can also occur in diesel engines, when the piston or seals fail due to overheating, admitting engine oil into the cylinder. A structurally failing diesel engine will often accelerate when the throttle is released, even after fuel ...

  7. Overheating (electricity) - Wikipedia

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    When overheating, the temperature of the part rises above the operating temperature. Overheating can take place: if heat is produced in more than expected amount (such as in cases of short-circuits, or applying more voltage than rated), or; if heat dissipation is poor, so that normally produced waste heat does not drain away properly.

  8. The hidden dangers of heat waves - AOL

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    In this Thursday, July 1, 2021 file photo, a farmworker wipes sweat from his neck while working in St. Paul, Ore., as a heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest in record-high temperatures. (AP Photo ...

  9. Overheating - Wikipedia

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    Overheating may refer to: Overheating (economics) , a rapid, very big growth of production that is thought to have a negative influence Overheating (electricity) , unexpected rise of temperature in a portion of electrical circuit, that can cause harm to the circuit, and accidents