Vintage Metal Plaque Sign - Foster Wheeler Corporation NY - Feed Water Heater

Description

Vintage Metal Plaque Sign
Power Specialty Company
Foster Wheeler Corporation
New York
Feed Water Heater
Approximate Dimensions:
Height 5.8 inches
Length 10 inches
Thickness 0.17 inches
Condition:
This item is used and shows signs of use and wear.  See photos for condition.
Foster Wheeler was formed in 1927 from a merger of the Power Specialty Company (which replaced American Water Works Supply Company, created by Pell and Ernest Foster in 1884) and the Wheeler Condenser & Engineering Company, which was created by Frederick Merriam Wheeler
in 1891. It was originally based in New York City
but later moved to Livingston, New Jersey
and stayed there for nearly a quarter century before relocating to Clinton, New Jersey
in 1987.
A
feed water is a power plant component used to pre-heat water
delivered to a steam generating boiler
. Preheating the feed water
reduces the irreversibilities involved in steam generation and therefore improves the thermodynamic efficiency of the system.