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A plate heat exchanger is a type of heat exchanger that uses metal plates to transfer heat between two fluids. This has a major advantage over a conventional heat exchanger in that the fluids are exposed to a much larger surface area because the fluids are spread out over the plates.
An electric heater is an electrical device that converts an electric current into heat. [1] The heating element inside every electric heater is an electrical resistor , and works on the principle of Joule heating : an electric current passing through a resistor will convert that electrical energy into heat energy.
Ahearn and Warren Y. Soper were owners of Ottawa's Chaudiere Electric Light and Power Company. [4] The electric stove was showcased at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, where an electrified model kitchen was shown. Unlike the gas stove, the electrical stove was slow to catch on, partly due to the unfamiliar technology, and the need for cities ...
A hot plate or hotplate is a heated flat surface on a stove or electric cooker on which food may be cooked. [3] It comprises a heated top which is flat and usually circular, and may be made of metal, ceramic, or heat-resistant glass, with resistive wire forming a heating element fitted underneath and a thermostat to control the temperature.
An Excelsior Wet Plate Camera in a private collection. The Excelsior Wet Plate Camera is a type of wet plate camera invented by August Semmendinger, one of the first manufacturers of wet plate photography. Excelsior cameras were manufactured in both New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey starting in 1859. [1]
A superheater is a device used to convert saturated steam or wet steam into superheated steam or dry steam. Superheated steam is used in steam turbines for electricity generation, in some steam engines, and in processes such as steam reforming. There are three types of superheaters: radiant, convection, and separately fired.
El Mirage may refer to: El Mirage, Arizona, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States; El Mirage Dry Lake, a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert, California, United States; El Mirage, the fifth solo album by Jimmy Webb; El Mirage, California, an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States
El Mirage is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 35,805, [3] up from 31,797 in 2010. History