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  2. Leak detection - Wikipedia

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    If a leak occurs, the substances to be measured come into contact with the tube in the form of vapour, gas or dissolved in water. In the event of a leak, some of the leaking substance diffuses into the tube. After a certain period of time, the inside of the tube produces an accurate image of the substances surrounding the tube.

  3. Tank leak detection - Wikipedia

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    Tank leak detection is implemented to alert the operator to a suspected release from any part of a storage tank system, what enables to prevent from soil contamination and loss of product. In many countries regulated UST are required to have an approved leak detection method so that leaks are discovered quickly and the release is stopped in time.

  4. Water softening - Wikipedia

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    Brine draw: Water is directed through a jet pump, which pulls salt water from the brine tank, before the water and brine pass through the resin bed in the normal direction, if co-current, or in the reverse direction, if counter-current. [12] The output of this typically thirty-minute process is discarded through the drain hose.

  5. Dealkalization of water - Wikipedia

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    Dealkalizers are most often used as pre-treatment to a boiler and are usually preceded by a water softener. Alkalinity is a factor that most often dictates the amount of boiler blowdown . High alkalinity promotes boiler foaming and carryover and causes high amounts of boiler blowoff.

  6. Backwashing (water treatment) - Wikipedia

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    In some applications, air and water streams are simultaneously pushed upwards through the granular media followed by a rinse water wash. [3]: 213–4 Backwashing continues for a fixed time, or until the turbidity of the backwash water is below an established value. At the end of the backwash cycle, the upward flow of water is terminated and the ...

  7. CDC study: Hummus tops the list of foods that sickened people

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    Hummus was the top source with 802 illnesses, the CDC reported. Another Salmonella outbreak was linked to frozen pot pies that sickened 401 people. The second biggest outbreak was connected to 526 ...

  8. Humic substance - Wikipedia

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    The NOM from hard water streams has been isolated using reverse osmosis and electrodialysis in tandem. [ 16 ] Extracted humic acid not a single acid ; rather, it is a complex mixture of many different acids containing carboxyl and phenolate groups so that the mixture behaves functionally as a dibasic acid or, occasionally, as a tribasic acid .

  9. That rotten egg smell could be a gas leak. What can you do to ...

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    Natural gas leaks happen nearly every day in the U.S. — and they can be deadly if they go undetected. A report from a group of Texas environmental nonprofits released in June found around 2,600 ...