Sentence examples for quantities of steam from inspiring English sources

In the case of oil sands, which form a big part of Alberta's oil production, huge quantities of steam are injected into the bitumen to heat and soften it, making it easier to extract.

When the steam turbogenerator was developed early in the 20th century, modern watertube boilers were developed in response to the demand for large quantities of steam at pressures and temperatures far exceeding those possible with fire-tube boilers.

In 400 B.C., Hippocrates speculated that yawning was somehow related to fever: we yawned to expel the bad air that had accumulated inside our bodies, making us ill, much like "the large quantities of steam that escape from cauldrons when water boils".

If the injected mixture contains very small quantities of steam, GIR is then obtained.

"Like the large quantities of steam that escape from cauldrons when water boils, the accumulated air in the body is violently expelled through the mouth when the body temperature rises," he wrote.

Additionally, SAGD is often criticized for its environmental footprint; in spite of its viability as a bitumen extraction technique, SAGD generates considerable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the process of generating the quantities of steam necessary for the process (Al-Murayri et al. 2011; Brandt 2012; Kovscek 2012 Welch 2011).

In the most widespread method, called steam cycling, a quantity of steam is injected through a well into a formation and allowed time to condense.

It depended on the product's rheological properties and the quantity of steam generated upon decompression.

The main advantages of the joint scheme are minimizing equipment for gathering system, and getting the maximum quantity of steam per unit of produced mixture.

ST is being produced via a commercial process using catalytic dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene (EB) with large quantity of steam as heat supplier, diluent and coke gasifier.

A large quantity of steam-water mixture can be easily released.