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BAROMETRIC PRESSURE – IT ALSO KNOWN AS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, WHICH IS THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ATMOSPHERIC WHICH
BITUMINOUS COAL - IT COVERS A WIDE VARIETY, THEY ARE ALL CHARACTERIZED BY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT AND NONSLACKING PROPERTIES AND THE
HEATING VALUE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT FOR ANY TYPE OF COAL.
BOILER – IT ALSO KNOWN AS STEAM GENERATOR, IS A COMBINATION OF APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING, FURNISHING, OR RECOVERING HEAT, TOGETHER WITH
APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING TO A WORKING FLUID THE HEAT THUS MADE AVAILABLE.
BREECHING - PROVIDE A PASSAGE FOR THE GAS OR AIR AS IT FLOWS FROM ONE TO THE OTHER DEPENDING ON WHETHER AIR OR PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION
ARE CONVEYED.
DRAFT LOSS - IT CAUSED BY FRICTION AND TURBULENCE OF GAS FLOW THROUGH THE EQUIPMENT OF THE GAS LOOP SUCH AS AIR DUCTS, GAS BREECHINGS,
AND CHIMNEYS.
GUYED STEEL STACK - IT IS USED WHERE MINIMUM CHIMNEY COST IS SOUGHT, ESPECIALLY WHERE GAS FLOW COLUME IS SMALL. THESE CAN BE BUILT OF
THINNER PLATES THAN THE SELF-SUPPORTING AND ARE GENERALLY LEFT UNLINED.
INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW - IT REFERS TO A FLOW IN WHICH THE MATERIAL DENSITY IS CONSTANT WITHIN A FLUID PARCEL - AN INFINITESIMAL VOLUME THAT
MASONRY CHIMNEY - IT IS A KIND OF CHIMNEY WHICH MADE OF AN EXCELLENCE OF CONSTRUCTION THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH PERFORATED RADIAL
BRICK. THE BRICKS ARE MOLDED TO SUIT THE DIAMETER OF THE CHIMNEY. THE MAXIMUM STRENGTH OF MASONRY IS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE MORTAR
NATURAL DRAFT STOKER - IT ALSO KNOWN AS TRAVELING GRATE STOKERS, STRONG TRANSVERSE BARS ARE CARRIED AT THEIR ENDS BY CONTINUOUS
CHAINS WHICH TRAVEL AROUND THE SUPPORTING FRAME. IT IS SET IN THE FURNACE WITH THE WORKING SURFACE OF THE GRATES HORIZONTAL.
POWER PLANT - A MACHINE OR ASSEMBLAGE OF EQUIPMENT INSTALLED FOR THE PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF A FLOW OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
ENERGY. IT IS PERMANENTLY LOCATED ON SOME CHOSEN SITE, WHICH RECEIVES RAW ENERGY IN THE FORM OF A SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED
RECTANGULAR BREECHING - IT HAS AN OPEN HEADER GRAVITY-TYPE HOPPER APPROACH OF RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION AND TYPICALLY FOUND IN
DRYERS.
SMOKE STACK - A CHIMNEY OR EXHAUST PIPE WHICH IS CONFINEMENT OF A TALL COLUMN OF HOT GAS OR PRODUCT OF COMBUSTION.
STEAM BOILER PLANT - A PLANT TO OBTAIN HIGH-GRADE ENRGY FROM FUEL VIA EXTERNAL COMBUSTION, OR VAPOR CYCLE, PROCESS TAKES A
STRUCTURAL STABILITY - AS STEEL AND REINFORCED CONCRETE CHIMNEYS ARE STABILIZED IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH WIND BY TENSION IN THE WINWARD
SIDE OF THE SHELL, THEY WILL BE STABLE IF STRUCTURALLY SAFE AND SET ON ADEQUATE FOUNDATION.
TAPERING BREECHING -A KIND OF BREECHING WHERE THE ITS THICKNESS TOWARD ONE END DECREASES.
THEORETICAL DRAFT - THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE EQUAL TO ACCELERATE THE GASES TO THEIR FINAL VELOCITY, PLUS FRICTION HEAD LOSSES, WHETHER
MEASURED ABOVE OR BELOW ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. AT A PRESSURE LESS THAN THE ATMOSPHERIC IS CALLED VACUUM.
VACUUM - IS A SUBATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, MEASURED AS THE PRESSURE DEPRESSION BELOW ATMOSPHERIC. IT IS CREATED IN A CLOSED CHAMBER IF THE
GAS OR VAPOR WHOSE MOLECULES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTERNAL FLUID PRESSURE IS PARTIALLY WITHDRAWN.