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Boiler Jump to navigation Jump to search A moveable (mobile) boiler (preserved,  Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry   Poland ). A stationary boiler ( United States ). A  boiler  is a closed  vessel  in which  fluid  (generally water) is heated. The fluid does not necessarily  boil . The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications, including  water heating ,  central heating ,  boiler-based power generation ,  cooking , and  sanitation . Heat sources In a  fossil fuel power plant  using a steam cycle for power generation, the primary heat source will be combustion of  coal ,  oil , or  natural gas . In some cases byproduct fuel such as the carbon-monoxide rich off-gasses of a coke battery can be burned to heat a boiler; biofuels such as  bagasse , where economically available, can also be used...

Turbine A  steam turbine  with the case opened. A  turbine  (from the  Latin   turbo , a  vortex , related to the Greek  τύρβη ,  tyrbē , meaning " turbulence ") is a rotary mechanical device that extracts  energy  from a  fluid  flow and converts it into useful  work . The work produced by a turbine can be used for generating electrical power when combined with a  generator .  A turbine is a  turbomachine  with at least one moving part called a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with  blades  attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades so that they move and impart rotational energy to the rotor. Early turbine examples are  windmills  and  waterwheels . Gas ,  steam , and  water  turbines have a casing around the blades that contains and controls the working fluid. Credit for the invention of the steam turbine is given both to Anglo-Iris...