While I can't recommend a specific text, I might be able to point you
in the right directions.
Tables of thermodynamic properties of saturated and superheated steam
are contained in "Engineering Manual" by Robert H. Perry. The tables
are extracted in part from info supplied by ASHRAE, the American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Ventilating Engineers. You
might try www.ashrae.org. They have an online bookstore that contains
some books/articles related to fire safety from an engineering
standpoint; these might contain info about superheated steam. Also,
consider contacting your local electrical utilities operator. High
pressure steam plants generate power with superheated steam, so their
engineers should be well acquainted with the thermodynamic properties
of superheated steam and resources for the study of superheated steam.
Hope this helps.
Philip Zell
zell@act.org
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Subject: superheated steam
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Date: 5/12/99 6:32 PM
Hi all,
I have a volunteer firefighter freind who is trying to educate
himself
and others concerning the conditions necessary in a closed structure for
the formation of superheated steam. He has some engineering background
and is willing to purchase a good thermodynamics text which might
address this and other related questions which he has regarding
firefighting and thermodynamics. Can someone help with info for a text
or for an information source which he might obtain.
Thank you.
Kathy Daniel
Oakland High School
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
(615) 890-5920