stoker

stoker
—stokerless, adj.
/stoh"keuhr/, n.
1. a person or thing that stokes.
2. a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, esp. a furnace used to generate steam, as on a steamship.
3. Chiefly Brit. the fireman on a locomotive.
4. a mechanical device for supplying coal or other solid fuel to a furnace.
[1650-60; < D, equiv. to stok(en) to STOKE1 + -er -ER1]

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      machine for feeding coal or other solid fuel into a furnace, usually supporting the fuel during combustion. A good stoker also supplies air for combustion and regulates the rate of burning and, in large installations, disposes of the ashes. Use of stokers affords substantial fuel savings over hand firing. Fuel may be fed into the furnace on a moving chain grate or, for small units (even some for home heating), by a moving screw. Power for running a stoker is usually furnished by an electric motor, and control of combustion is achieved by variable speed or intermittent drive.

      The term stoker was originally applied to the man who performed the operation by hand—e.g., aboard ship.

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