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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

stoker-fired boiler

German translation:

Kessel mit mechanischer Rostbeschickung; Stoker-befeuerter Kessel

Added to glossary by jerzy cieslik77
Jul 27, 2013 07:34
11 yrs ago
English term

stoker-fired boiler

English to German Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering ecology waste processing
polish : kocioł rusztowy
Proposed translations (German)
5 +1 Kessel mit mechanischer Rostbeschickung; Stoker-befeuerter Kessel

Discussion

Hans-Jochen Trost Jul 28, 2013:
A fireman is a fireman even on locomotives in the US, David. "Stoker" is the mechanical device that replaces the shoveling, and the fireman operates it. In steam locomotives it was usually built up using a screw mechanism.
David Moore (X) Jul 27, 2013:
That may well be the case. I'm not altogether au fait with the precise difference, but I suspect that fluidised-beds are pressure-fed (or sprayed) rather than mechanically-fed. Stand open to correction!
Bernd Runge Jul 27, 2013:
Oh, here it is meant to differentiate between fluidised bed and stoker-fired furnaces, I believe.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
David Moore (X) Jul 27, 2013:
The American term for a locomotive fireman is a stoker, so the 'mechanical' is probably added to differentiate; I really don't know. All I DO know is that in the UK, we always referred to 'mechanical stokers' - presumably the term originated in the USA.
Bernd Runge Jul 27, 2013:
Are automatic and mechanical synonyms, here? Just curious.
The few articles I've read on the topic Rostkessel seem to refer to mechanically driven grate types such as Schräg-, Treppen-, Schub- or Wanderroste. There has never been any mentioning of manually fed stokers
David Moore (X) Jul 27, 2013:
Hi Bernd, That's a very fair comment, but that doesn't necessarily make it automatically fired, does it - or am I missing something?
Bernd Runge Jul 27, 2013:
In the context of ecology waste processing this is often referred to as (Biomasse-)Rostkessel.

Proposed translations

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Kessel mit mechanischer Rostbeschickung; Stoker-befeuerter Kessel

This is the term used on railway locomotives, and works on exactly the same principle.
In the UK, it is normally called a "mechanical stoker", so I rather infer your text was wriiten by a USNS.

I never did get to "fire" one of these locos in the uk (there were only three of them), as they never got to either of my depots.
Peer comment(s):
agree Hans-Jochen Trost
17 hrs
Thanks, H-J - see my other personal contribution
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Dave - without you i 'd be helpless jerzy cieslik in Poland"
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