GIFFARD INJECTOR
\d͡ʒˈɪfəd ɪnd͡ʒˈɛktə], \dʒˈɪfəd ɪndʒˈɛktə], \dʒ_ˈɪ_f_ə_d ɪ_n_dʒ_ˈɛ_k_t_ə]\
Definitions of GIFFARD INJECTOR
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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A contrivance for introducing water into a boiler without pumping. A pipe comes from the top of the boiler, out of which a jet of steam issues into a vessel containing water, by which part of it is condensed ; a partial vacuum is thereby formed near the end of the pipe. As steam (or any air or gas) enters a vacuum with a very great velocity, the uncondensed part of the steam enters the water with a great velocity, and thus sets up a current of water warmed by steam, which, being directed into a second pipe, is injected into the water in the boiler. The velocity of this current is sufficient to keep the water in the boiler from flowing out along the second pipe.
By Henry Percy Smith
