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2. Pellet stove - Wikipedia

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   To properly function, a pellet stove uses electricity and can be connected to a standard electrical outlet. A pellet stove, like an automatic coal stoker, is a consistent heater consuming fuel that is fed evenly from a refillable hopper into the burn pot (a perforated cast-iron or steel basin), through a motorized system.

3. Mechanical stoker - Wikipedia

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   A mechanical stoker is a mechanical system that feeds solid fuel like coal, coke or anthracite into the furnace of a steam boiler. They are common on steam locomotives after 1900 and are also used on ships and power stations. Known now as a spreader stoker they remain in use today especially in furnaces fueled by wood pellets or refuse. [1]

4. Fireman (steam engine) - Wikipedia

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   A fireman or stoker, sometimes called a "boilerman" A fireman, stoker or boilerman is a person who tends the fire for the running of a boiler, heating a building, or powering a steam engine. Much of the job is hard physical labor, such as shoveling fuel, typically coal, into the boiler's firebox. [1]

5. Fire room - Wikipedia

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   Vessels typically contained several engines for different purposes. Main, or propulsion engines are used to turn the ship's propeller and move the ship through the water. . The fire room got its name from the days when ships burned coal to heat steam to drive the steam engines or turbines; the room was where the stokers spent their days shoveling coal continuously onto the grates under the ...

6. Black gang (ship) - Wikipedia

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   The black gang are the members of a ship's crew who work in the fire room/engine room; [1] they are also called stokers or firemen. [2] They are called "black" because of the soot and coal dust that is thick in the air in the fire room/engine room. The term began being used in the days of coal-fired steamships.

7. Stirling boiler - Wikipedia

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   A wide range of fuels may be burned, aided by a large grate area that may easily be increased further, should a poor-quality fuel require it. The original boilers were developed to burn coal, but they have been used since to burn many sorts of wood or plant waste. A chain-fed automatic stoker may also be fitted, where a heavy firing rate is ...