compressed-air pipe system
11Fire 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… …
12Magnetic air car — The magnetic air car is a concept car. Instead of an alternative fuel source, the magnetic air car uses compressed air to propel it.[1] The patented technology is developed by Magnetic Air Cars, Inc., a San Jose based company who is working on… …
13Plastic pressure pipe systems — are used for the conveyance of drinking water, waste water, chemicals, heating and cooling fluids, foodstuffs, ultra pure liquids, slurries, gases, compressed air and vacuum system applications, both for above and below ground applications.… …
14sewage system — Collection of pipes and mains, treatment works, and discharge lines (sewers) for the wastewater of a community. Early civilizations often built drainage systems in urban areas to handle storm runoff. The Romans constructed elaborate systems that… …
15Dissolved air flotation — (DAF) is a water treatment process that clarifies wastewaters (or other waters) by the removal of suspended matter such as oil or solids. The removal is achieved by dissolving air in the water or wastewater under pressure and then releasing the… …
16nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …
17Glossary 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… …
18Fire extinguisher — Extinguisher redirects here. Extinguisher may also refer to a candle snuffer. A stored pressure fire extinguisher …
19tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …
20mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …
