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steam table

A table, or a section of a counter in a cafeteria, having openings set in the top in which are fitted containers for cooked food; the containers are kept warm by steam, hot air, or hot water which circulates beneath them.
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The utilities, which are updated regularly, currently cover heat loss from tank heating and steam mains, sizing of steam and condensate pipes, water and dry saturate steam valves, start up and running condensate rates for steam mains, calculators for orifice KV, flash steam, mixing water and steam flow to heat ratings, and steam tables for saturated and sub-saturated water, and superheated, saturated and wet steam.
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The ASME Research and Technology Committee on Water and Steam in Thermal Power Systems has sponsored the publication of an overhaul of the industrial steam tables.
The book, ASME Steam Tables for Industrial Use, has a different purpose from older texts.
Another innovation in the steam tables is the addition of metric system values along with traditional U.S.
NEW STEAM TABLES IN BOOK FORM
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