large external pipes in many water-tube boilers, carrying unheated cold water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
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• (n.) A pipe to conduct something downwards; • (n.) A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc. • (n.) 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.D...
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a pipe through which flow is downward.
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Down'com`er noun 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 w...
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a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.
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