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  2. Glossary of boiler terms - Wikipedia

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    Clack from the noise it makes. A non-return valve where the feedwater enters the boiler drum. A non-return valve where the feedwater enters the boiler drum. They are usually mounted halfway along the boiler drum, or else as a top feed , but away from the firebox, so as to avoid stressing it with the shock of cold water.

  3. Nucleate boiling - Wikipedia

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    This is the critical heat flux. At this point in the maximum, considerable vapor is being formed, making it difficult for the liquid to continuously wet the surface to receive heat from the surface. This causes the heat flux to reduce after this point. At extremes, film boiling commonly known as the Leidenfrost effect is observed.

  4. Condition monitoring - Wikipedia

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    Headphones allow humans to listen to ultrasound as well. A high pitched 'buzzing sound' in bearings indicates flaws in the contact surfaces, and when partial blockages occur in high pressure fluids the orifice will cause a large amount of ultrasonic noise. Ultrasound is used in the Shock Pulse Method [19] of condition monitoring.

  5. Noise complaints to leaving early. How 5 former Boilers ...

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    Cuonzo Martin left the game early (for a good reason). D.J. Byrd was at his in-laws for Easter. And Greg Eifert was in Cabo getting noise complaints.

  6. Caustic embrittlement - Wikipedia

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    The concentrated area with high stress works as anode and diluted area works as cathode. At anode, sodium hydroxide attacks the surrounding material and then dissolves the iron of the boiler as sodium ferrate forming rust. This causes embrittlement of boiler parts like rivets, bends and joints, which are under stress.

  7. In Texas, can I sue a noisy neighbor? Here’s what state law ...

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  8. Shrillness - Wikipedia

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    Shrillness is a word used to describe the quality of sounds that have a high-pitched, strident, raucous, screeching or harsh character, such as those produced by a trumpet or piccolo, but it can also be used to describe a widely recognised and puzzling phenomenon whereby certain sounds are perceived as psychologically painful or aversive to a degree that cannot be accounted for simply in terms ...

  9. Steam whistle - Wikipedia

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    Blowing pressure – Sound level increases as blowing pressure is raised, [59] [60] although there may be an optimum pressure at which sound level peaks. [48] Aspect ratio – Sound level increases as whistle length is reduced, increasing frequency. For example, depressing the piston of a variable-pitch steam whistle changed the frequency from ...