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Parent topics

• Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. ^[e]
• Engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products. ^[e]
• Physics [r]: The study of forces and energies in space and time. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Chemical engineering [r]: a branch of engineering that uses chemistry, biology, physics, and math to solve problems involving fuel, drugs, food, and many other products ^[e]
• Thermodynamics [r]: The statistical description of the properties of molecular systems ^[e]

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• Air preheater [r]: A general term to describe any device designed to preheat the combustion air used in a fuel-burning furnace for the purpose of increasing the thermal efficiency of the furnace. ^[e]
• Cogeneration [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Combined power and heat [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Combustion [r]: A sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of either a glow or flames. ^[e]
• Condensate polishing [r]: An ion exchange process used to purify the steam condensate produced in high-pressure steam generation facilities such as those in large thermal power plants. ^[e]
• Conventional coal-fired power plant [r]: power plant that burns coal in a steam generator to produce high pressure steam, which goes to steam turbines that generate electricity. ^[e]
• Deaerator [r]: A device used for the removal of air and other dissolved gases from the feedwater to steam generating boilers. ^[e]
• Electrical generator [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gas turbine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Heat [r]: A form of energy that flows spontaneously from hotter to colder bodies that are in thermal contact. ^[e]
• Heat recovery steam generators [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nuclear power plant [r]: A power plant, often electric, that uses the energy derived from controlled (non-explosive) nuclear reactions to generate electricity. Conventionally, nuclear power plants used the heat energy derived from nuclear fission to generate steam, which in turn generates electric power. ^[e]
• Power (physics) [r]: Rate of producing or consuming energy; SI unit: watt = joule/second. ^[e]
• Pressure [r]: A ratio equal to the force applied perpendicular to the surface of the area divided by that area (force/area). ^[e]
• Concentrated solar power [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Solar power [r]: Energy sources based directly on the sun's electromagnetic radiation. ^[e]
• Steam [r]: The vapor (or gaseous) phase of water (H₂O). ^[e]
• Steam turbine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Temperature [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Water [r]: Add brief definition or description