Jan 8, 2015 | Uses of Steam
Did you know that steam is used extensively in commercial bakeries to produce bread? Steam is critical to the proving stage of bread production, as well as ensuring that there is a nice glossy crusty crust on your bread. Steammain looks at the ingredients, the...
Dec 18, 2014 | Uses of Steam
The oil price is a regular news item, so we thought we would write an article on steam and an enhanced oil recovery plant. Few people think of the Netherlands as oil country, however Schoonebeek was the largest onshore oil field in western Europe when it was...
Dec 12, 2014 | Uses of Steam
Following on from our last article on concentrating solar thermal power plants, this article will look at the impact that these plants could have in the future. To generate efficient electricity on a large scale the solar radiation from the sun needs to be...
Oct 14, 2014 | Uses of Steam
Oil sand is a type of sand permeated with natural bitumen, a type of petroleum which has the consistency of butter. The oil can be separated from the sand and then heated so that it can flow in pipelines or be tankered to a refinery. In the past decade high oil prices...
Aug 5, 2014 | Uses of Steam
Aerated concrete blocks, are very popular in the building industry. Most new homes built in the United Kingdom use them in their construction and they are used extensively worldwide. The usual building construction mode being a brick outer wall, cavity (which may be...
Aug 5, 2014 | Uses of Steam
Solar, google, and steam are three words which you may not associate together. Well you may wish to think again. The largest solar thermal power plant in the world, part owned by Google uses steam and steam turbines to convert the energy of the sun into usable...
