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31Casting (metalworking) — Casting iron in a sand mold In metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which… …
32Glossary of firefighting equipment — Note: This list is incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glossary of firefighting equipment action=edit adding to it] . 0 9 * 1 3/4 inch hose: see attack hose * 2 1/2 inch hose: see attack hose , supply… …
33Slugcatcher — is the name of a unit in the gas refinery or petroleum industry in which slugs at the outlet of pipelines are collected or caught . A slug is a large quantity of gas or liquid that exits the pipeline. Slugs Pipelines that transport both gas and… …
34Coiled tubing — In the oil and gas industries, coiled tubing refers to metal piping, normally 1 to 3.25 in diameter, used for interventions in oil and gas wells and sometimes as production tubing in depleted gas wells, which comes spooled on a large reel. Coiled …
35Dynamic positioning — Offshore Support Vessel Toisa Perseus with, in the background, the fifth generation deepwater drillship Discoverer Enterprise, over the Thunder Horse Oil Field. Both are equipped with DP systems. Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer controlled… …
36Deepwater Horizon explosion — This article is about the explosion. For the drilling rig and oil spill, see Deepwater Horizon (disambiguation). Deepwater Horizon explosion Anchor handling tugs and platform supply vessels combat the fir …
37Cracking (chemistry) — In petroleum geology and chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules such as kerogens or heavy hydrocarbons are broken down into simpler molecules such as light hydrocarbons, by the breaking of carbon carbon bonds in the… …
38Kingston valve — A Kingston valve is a type of valve fitted in the bottom of a ship s fuel, water and ballast tanks. Named after its inventor John Kingston (1786 1847)an English engineer. [ Building the Steam Navy: Dockyards, Technology and the Creation of the… …
39Fire sprinkler system — A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection measure, consisting of a water supply, providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, onto which fire sprinklers are connected. Although historically only used… …
40Standpipe (firefighting) — For other uses, see Standpipe (disambiguation). External access point for fire sprinkler and dry standpipe at a building in San Francisco, United States. In North America, a standpipe is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi… …
