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Wilhelm Schmidt (engineer)

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78: 17: 117:. He was not the first person to work with superheated steam, but his predecessors had only used steam temperatures up to 250 °C; Schmidt was the first to risk increasing this to 350 °C. 69:. For example, he was unable to recite the alphabet without hesitation all his life. Nor could he memorise poetry or prose. He developed a passion for drawing, however, and for machines. 184:, survives under the name of ALSTOM Power Energy Recovery GmbH, in Kassel-Bettenhausen. It develops and builds apparatus for the processes involving the transfer of heat in the 109:, where he developed superheated steam technology to the point where it could be practically used. In 1908 he transferred his home and the base of his firm to 344: 329: 349: 339: 224:
Schmidt viewed his inventions however as rather unimportant in view of "a world which is badly lost". He held a strong faith and distributed
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railway, there was a trials organisation near Wernigerode station. It was here that Schmidt founded the Schmidt Superheated Steam Company (
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and a multitude of equipment for special purposes. The company continues to be highly innovative and a market leader in its field.
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of a steam engine could be raised by as much as 50%. This technology had a substantial influence on the development of the
240:. He held the view that Anglo-Saxon Christianity had weakened German Christianity. He died on 16 February 1924 in Bethel. 334: 237: 161: 156:, as well as all other applications where steam engines were used. Schmidt also invented other items, such as the 77: 169: 85:
Schmidt began his professional career as a machine fitter. He studied at the technical high school in
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At school Wilhelm Schmidt had difficulties with reading, writing and arithmetic, a case of
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Die einen guten Kampf gekämpft. Lebensbilder deutscher Männer.
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Die einen guten Kampf gekämpft. Lebensbilder deutscher Männer.
125:For further trials with superheated steam on the 8: 280:11th edn. Calver Verlag, Stuttgart, 1978, 259:11th edn. Calver Verlag, Stuttgart, 1978, 248: 298:Entry in Ökumenischen Heiligenlexikon 204:, gas coolers for the manufacture of 7: 180:Even today, his successor company - 345:German railway mechanical engineers 200:gas coolers for the manufacture of 164:, which he developed together with 330:People from the Province of Saxony 135:Schmidtsche Heissdampfgesellschaft 14: 350:Locomotive builders and designers 340:Businesspeople from Saxony-Anhalt 121:Schmidt Superheated Steam Company 20:Monument to Hot Steam Schmidt in 81:Diagram of Schmidt superheater 46:. Wilhelm Schmidt was born in 1: 182:Schmidt'schen Heissdampf GmbH 176:ALSTOM Power Energy Recovery 101:In 1883 he took a post as a 325:People from Harz (district) 238:Friedrich von Bodelschwingh 366: 226:Warning Cry to the People 170:Prussian state railways 236:. He was friends with 160:(around 1890) and the 82: 24: 140:By using superheated 80: 57:on 18 February 1858. 19: 232:) from Bethel, near 230:Mahnrufe an das Volk 335:German Protestants 146:thermal efficiency 83: 55:Province of Saxony 25: 196:industries, e.g. 97:Superheated steam 40:superheated steam 36:Heißdampf-Schmidt 32:Hot Steam Schmidt 357: 300: 295: 289: 274: 268: 253: 150:steam locomotive 365: 364: 360: 359: 358: 356: 355: 354: 305: 304: 303: 296: 292: 275: 271: 254: 250: 246: 222: 220:Religious views 178: 123: 99: 75: 63: 42:technology for 28:Wilhelm Schmidt 12: 11: 5: 363: 361: 353: 352: 347: 342: 337: 332: 327: 322: 317: 307: 306: 302: 301: 290: 269: 247: 245: 242: 221: 218: 177: 174: 122: 119: 111:Benneckenstein 103:civil engineer 98: 95: 74: 71: 62: 59: 22:Benneckenstein 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 362: 351: 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 326: 323: 321: 318: 316: 313: 312: 310: 299: 294: 291: 287: 286:3-7668-0083-3 283: 279: 276:Martin Haug: 273: 270: 266: 265:3-7668-0083-3 262: 258: 255:Martin Haug: 252: 249: 243: 241: 239: 235: 231: 227: 219: 217: 215: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 194:metallurgical 191: 187: 186:petrochemical 183: 175: 173: 171: 167: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 138: 136: 132: 128: 120: 118: 116: 112: 108: 104: 96: 94: 92: 91:Gustav Zeuner 88: 79: 72: 70: 68: 60: 58: 56: 53: 49: 45: 44:steam engines 41: 37: 33: 29: 23: 18: 293: 277: 272: 256: 251: 229: 225: 223: 181: 179: 166:Robert Garbe 162:piston valve 139: 134: 124: 100: 84: 64: 35: 31: 27: 26: 320:1924 deaths 315:1858 births 158:superheater 131:Wernigerode 30:, known as 309:Categories 244:References 234:Bielefeld 154:steamship 127:Ilsenburg 61:Education 48:Wegeleben 34:(German: 288:, p. 212 267:, p. 210 214:hydrogen 206:methanol 202:ethylene 190:chemical 67:dyslexia 52:Prussian 210:ammonia 198:cracked 168:of the 113:in the 87:Dresden 50:in the 284:  263:  107:Kassel 89:under 73:Career 142:steam 282:ISBN 261:ISBN 212:and 192:and 152:and 144:the 137:). 115:Harz 105:in 311:: 208:, 188:, 172:. 129:– 93:. 228:(

Index


Benneckenstein
superheated steam
steam engines
Wegeleben
Prussian
Province of Saxony
dyslexia

Dresden
Gustav Zeuner
civil engineer
Kassel
Benneckenstein
Harz
Ilsenburg
Wernigerode
steam
thermal efficiency
steam locomotive
steamship
superheater
piston valve
Robert Garbe
Prussian state railways
petrochemical
chemical
metallurgical
cracked
ethylene

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