Boiler vs Descaling - What's the difference?
boiler | descaling |
An apparatus that generates heat (usually by burning fuel) and uses it to heat circulating water (or sometimes another liquid) in a closed system that is then used for space heating, swimming pool heating, or domestic hot water or industrial processes.
Less commonly , a hot water heater.
(approximate definition'') A fuel burning apparatus in which water is boiled to produce steam for space heating, power generation, or industrial processes.
(''more precisely'') An apparatus in which a heat source other than a hot liquid or steam (most commonly burning fuel, exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine or gas turbine, waste heat from a process, solar energy or electricity) is used to boil water (or ''rarely another liquid), under pressure to provide steam (or other gas) for use as a heat source in calorifiers, heat exchangers or heat emitters, or for use directly for humidification, in an industrial process, or to power steam turbines.
A kitchen vessel for steaming or boiling food.
(UK, informal) A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
(rare, informal) Boilerplate.
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The removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
As nouns the difference between boiler and descaling
is that boiler is an apparatus that generates heat (usually by burning fuel) and uses it to heat circulating water (or sometimes another liquid) in a closed system that is then used for space heating, swimming pool heating, or domestic hot water or industrial processes while descaling is the removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.As a verb descaling is
present participle of lang=en.boiler
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)(''more precisely'') An apparatus in which a heat source other than a hot liquid or steam (most commonly burning fuel, exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine or gas turbine, waste heat from a process, solar energy or electricity) is used to boil water (or ''rarely another liquid), under pressure to provide steam (or other gas) for use as a heat source in calorifiers, heat exchangers or heat emitters, or for use directly for humidification, in an industrial process, or to power steam turbines.
Derived terms
(terms derived from boiler) * boil * boiled * boilerplate * boiler room * boiling * boiling plate * donkey boiler * double boiler * steam boilerSee also
* steam generator * water heaterEtymology 2
Shortening ofNoun
Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?", in comp.databases.oracle, Usenet :
- While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.
Re: Why don't more people hate Bush?", in alt.politics.democrats and other newsgroups, Usenet :
- Note that Stuart Grey makes the assertion: "I think rationally on all subjects.", and then proceeds to use the standard boiler tactics and phrases of the people WHO instigate conflict and war.
Re: NRA vs Bar Assoc over guns in cars", in tx.guns, Usenet :
- Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).
Re: Mail merge to PDF", in microsoft.public.access, Usenet :
- Just aligning all the paragraphs of '
boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!
