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Downcomer
Downcomer Down"com`er, n.
A pipe to conduct something downwards; specif.:
(a) (Iron Manuf.) A pipe for leading the hot gases from the
top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators,
boilers, etc.
(b) (Steam Engin.) In some water-tube boilers, a tube larger
in diameter than the water tubes to conduct the water
from each top drum to a bottom drum, thus completing the
circulation.
Meaning of Downcomer from wikipedia
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point from
which to
collect dry steam,
reducing the risk of priming.
Downcomer Large external pipes in many water-tube boilers,
carrying unheated cold...
- a
combined stream via one or more
cylindrical columns referred to as "
downcomers".
Other types of
flotation cell
typically introduce the feed and the air...
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afterwards to
ensure that none had been left behind,
blocking a tube.
Separate downcomers were used by most designs, even
after Yarrow's
experiments had demonstrated...
- '
downcomer tubes',
where it pre-heats the
feedwater supply. (In
large utility boilers, the
feedwater is
supplied to the
steam drum and the
downcomers supply...
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remains behind and
flows horizontally out into the
downcomer or
annulus region. In the
downcomer or
annulus region, it
combines with the
feedwater flow...
- pool.
Excess steam from the
drywell enters the
wetwell water pool via
downcomer pipes. SFP:
spent fuel pool area SCSW:
secondary concrete shield wall...
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directions taking place within the tube bank,
rather than
using external downcomers.
Early use of the water-tube
boiler within the
Royal Navy was controversial...
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particles Cowper stoves for hot
blast Smoke stack Feed air for
Cowper stoves (air pre-heaters)
Powdered coal Coke oven Coke
Blast furnace gas
downcomer...
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saturated water at the
bottom of the
steam drum
flows down
through the
downcomer pipe,
normally unheated, to
headers and
water drum. Its
accessories include...
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contains a
header tank,
which is used for the
landing burn. A
central "
downcomer" pipe
through the
oxygen tank
supplies methane to a
distribution manifold...
