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What you are describing is just normal heating, not superheating. "Superheating" means to heat something beyond the point of phase transition without it changi
by newaccount74 4y ago
What you are describing is just normal heating, not superheating.
"Superheating" means to heat something beyond the point of phase transition without it changing phase. Superheating would be heating water beyond 100 degree celsius.
If it's steam, you can't superheat it any more, you just heat it. You are correct that there is no limit how much you can heat steam.
- HPsquared 4y agoAh, I was using the "engineering" meaning. In engineering, "superheated steam" is steam heated beyond its boiling point at a given pressure. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheated_steam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheated_steam https://www.spiraxsarco.com/learn-about-steam/steam-engineering-principles-and-heat-transfer/superheated-steam https://www.spiraxsarco.com/learn-about-steam/steam-engineer... In a steam boiler, the boiling and superheating are often done in different locations: the water is first evaporated in one section, then the resulting "saturated steam" (i.e. at vapor-liquid equilibrium) then passes through a hotter section, often called a superheater, which heats it further beyond the boiling point. Superheated steam is better for turbines than saturated steam.