wet steam

British  

noun

1. steam, usually low-pressure, that contains water droplets in suspension

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Example Sentences

A. Insufficient water supply due to tank valve partly closed, strainer stopped up or tank hose kinked, injector tubes out of line, limed up, or delivery tube cut, or wet steam from the throttle.

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

This is done by retaining the moisture first vaporized about the wood, by means of wet steam.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

To overcome this the first plate is heated by wet steam.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

The waste liquors are boiled with wet steam and the oil skimmed from the surface, after which the liquors are run out through an oil trap.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

The steam in the jacket should be as dry as possible, so that all wet steam admitted during the live steam period may be evaporated by the heat received from the steam in the jacket.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua