Superheater
A superheater is a device that changes saturated steam into dry steam. Dry steam is used in various industrial processes.
Types
- Convection superheater
- Radiant superheater
- Separately fired superheater
Superheater Media
A simplified diagram of a coal-fired thermal power station. The superheater is the element 19.
General arrangement of a superheater installation in a steam locomotive.
Superheater viewed from the smokebox. Top centre is the superheater header, with pipes leading to cylinders. Tubes below feed steam into and out of the superheater elements within the flues. The stack and the damper have been removed for clarity.
Early color photograph from Russia taken by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky in 1910 of steam locomotive with a superheater
