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How Does a Generator Work? Electric generators are a device that converts mechanical energy received from an external source into electrical energy as output. It is important to understand generators do not actually 'create' electrical energy. Instead, it uses mechanical energy supplied to it … [Read more...]

What Is a Plate Heat Exchanger? Plate heat exchangers were firsts produced in the 1920s & have since been widely used in a large number of fields. Plates exchanger consists of a series of parallel plates that are placed one on top of the other to allow the formation of a series of channels for … [Read more...]

Scraped Surface Heat Exchanger: The thermal resistance due to the laminar sublayers are discussed elsewhere in this encyclopedia see Boundary Layer Heat Transfer. Due to the attendant drag force associated with the flow of the viscous liquid, the viscous sublayer is typically thick enough or, … [Read more...]

Floating Head Heat Exchanger: A floating head heat exchanger is one of the most commonly used heat exchangers. As shown in its name, in this design, one end of the tube sheet is attached to the shell, while the other can "float" freely inside the shell. Normally, both the shell and the tube … [Read more...]

How Does a Steam Turbine Work? Most electricity across the united states is produced with the help of steams turbines engines; according to the U.S. Department of energies, more than 88 percent of energy in the U.S. Is produced through the central power plant, such as solar thermal, through … [Read more...]