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PRONUNCIATION OF FLUE GAS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLUE GAS

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Flue gas is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FLUE GAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Flue gas

Flue gas is the gas exiting to the atmosphere via a flue, which is a pipe or channel for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler or steam generator. Quite often, the flue gas refers to the combustion exhaust gas produced at power plants. Its composition depends on what is being burned, but it will usually consist of mostly nitrogen derived from the combustion air, carbon dioxide, and water vapor as well as excess oxygen. It further contains a small percentage of a number of pollutants, such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides.

Definition of flue gas in the English dictionary

The definition of flue gas in the dictionary is the smoke in the uptake of a boiler fire: it consists mainly of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLUE GAS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FLUE GAS

air gas
bottle gas
butane gas
carbonic-acid gas
greenhouse gas
inert gas
laughing gas
liquefied natural gas
mustard gas
natural gas
nerve gas
noble gas
propane gas
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sewage gas
shale gas
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water gas

Synonyms and antonyms of flue gas in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flue gas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLUE GAS

Find out the translation of flue gas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flue gas from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flue gas» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烟气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gas de combustión
570 millions of speakers

English

flue gas
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रिप गैस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غاز المداخن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дымовых газов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gás de combustão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিমনী গ্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gaz de combustion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gas serombong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rauchgas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

排煙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연도 가스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gas bakar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khí thải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எறிபொருள் வாய்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्ल्यू गॅस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Baca gazı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fumi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spalin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

димових газів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gaze arse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καπναέριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rookgas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rökgas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

røykgass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flue gas

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUE GAS»

The term «flue gas» is regularly used and occupies the 78.282 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUE GAS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flue gas

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUE GAS»

Discover the use of flue gas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flue gas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Profiles in Flue Gas Desulfurization
Each technology profile includes a schematic depicting its major equipment components and arrangement, laid out side-by-side with descriptive text that summarizes how the process works, where and how it is currently being utilized, its ...
Richard R. Lunt, John D. Cunic, 2010
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Condensation of Water Vapor and Sulfuric Acid in Boiler Flue Gas
Modeling results for prediction of sulfuric acid vapor concentration in the flue gas were compared with measured data obtained by the controlled condensation method.
Kwangkook Jeong, 2009
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Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization
Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization represents a body of research that was sponsored by the State of Ohio's Coal Development Office for the development of technologies that use coal in an economic, environmentally-sound ...
Barbara Toole-O'Neil, Ohio Coal Development Office, 1998
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Flue Gas and Fly Ash
Proceedings of a contractors' meeting organized by the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General XII for Science, Research and Development, held in Brussels, Belgium, 16 June 1988.
P.F. Sens, J.K. Wilkinson, 2003
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High-Temperature Corrosion and Materials Applications
When coal (which contains ash) is combusted in the lower furnace of the boiler, some of the ash drops out of the furnace from the bottom with remaining ash being carried by the combustion flue gas stream to the top of the furnace and through ...
George Y. Lai, 2007
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Fundamentals of Mercury Transformations in Coal Combustion ...
A complete chemical kinetic mechanism was developed that consisted of gas phase Hg reactions with Cl species (Cl, Cl2, HCl, HOCl) coupled to heterogeneous reactions of Hg/Cl with unburned carbon in fly ash.
Balaji Krishnakumar, 2008
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Energy from Biomass: A Review of Combustion and Gasification ...
Unburned pyrolysis gases and carbon monoxide (CO) in the flue gas (these still contain chemical energy). The efficiency of the furnace (or the combustion process) can be defined as follows: Equation I thermal energy available in thefluegas ...
Peter Quaak, Harrie Knoef, Hubert E. Stassen, 1999
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Indicators for carbon dioxide and oxygen in air and flue gas
Lowell Haines Milligan, D. O. Crites, William Satterlee Wilson. The curve b corrected for the diminished pressure under which the sample is measured after absorption of the C02, becomes the curve o (fig. 10). The point on this curve ...
Lowell Haines Milligan, D. O. Crites, William Satterlee Wilson, 1920
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Heat Treating and Surface Engineering: Proceedings of the ...
Various quantities of flue gas addition at various heat releases and air temperatures were studied. Reduction in NOx emissions, distribution of tube metal temperature and flame stability were observed. This paper will discuss the theory, ...
ASM Heat Treating Society. Conference and Exposition, Narendra B. Dahotre, 2003
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Carbon Dioxide Recovery and Utilization
By using flue gas condensation, sensible and latent heat can be recovered for district heating or other heat consuming processes; this increases the heat generation from a cogeneration plant by more than 30%. Flue gas condensation not only ...
M. Aresta, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUE GAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flue gas is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stony Brook Secures $2.5 Million Grant For Energy Technology …
... led by Professor Jon Longtin from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the university, is to condense water out of flue gas to provide ... «SBIndependent, Jul 15»
2
Fitch: CNX Coal Resources Well Positioned Despite Coal Weakness
... is based, should continue to be viewed as favorable alternatives due to the emergence of flue gas desulfurization systems (scrubbers). «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
3
$18 Million Algae Biofuel Blast From US Energy Department
... courtesy of industrial flue gas from a nearby power plant (a variation on that theme is already at work by the company LanzaTech, which uses ... «CleanTechnica, Jul 15»
4
Europe Flue Gas Desulfurization Market by Type, by Application, by …
The Europe Flue-Gas Desulfurization (FGD) market is estimated to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.0% from 2014 to ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
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Flue gas desulphurization market: global industry analysis and …
Flue gas desulphurization market report assesses the market opportunity for flue gas desulphurization devices, equipment, or machinery. «WhaTech, Jul 15»
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Who to trust: your home inspector or the seller
The gas fireplace had a high level of carbon monoxide in the flue gas. I don't usually test carbon monoxide on gas fireplaces, but I do when I ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
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Grontmij converts power plant from natural gas to biomass
For the new facility this involves the design of a boiler unit, flue gas cleaning and condensing systems, fuel management systems and ... «Biomass Magazine, Jul 15»
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Questions over Rampal
They say the above calculation was done without taking into account the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) in the EIA study. "Now with the ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
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Stock Analysis on Cabot Corp (NYSE:CBT)
... power plants have caused environmental agencies in numerous states and Canada to establish regulatory controls on flue gas emissions. «Street Report, Jul 15»
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Process Gas Analyser Range Launched
Typical applications include ammonia slip control, HCl measurement for sorbent injection optimisation, furnace oxygen, flue gas monitoring in ... «International Environmental Technology, Jul 15»

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