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  2. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

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    A sewer pipe is normally at neutral air pressure compared to the surrounding atmosphere.When a column of waste water flows through a pipe, it compresses air ahead of it in the system, creating a positive pressure that must be released so it does not push back on the waste stream and downstream traps, slow drainage, and induce potential clogs.

  3. Fire-tube boiler - Wikipedia

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    When the fire stops the warm chimney continues to draw additional air from the interior space until it cools. Excessive cycling can be minimized Modulating boilers can run longer (at firing rates that match the loads) than the non-modulating boilers (which operate at the full firing rate). By using condensing modulating boilers.

  4. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    The prevents the hydrant from freezing in sub-zero temperatures. A dry hydrant is also an unpressurized pipe that can be used to draft (or draw) water from a pond or lake. Dry powders Fire extinguishing agents for use on flammable metals. Each agent is typically designed for use on either a single metal or very similar metals. Dry sprinkler

  5. Chimney - Wikipedia

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    A chimney pot is placed on top of the chimney to expand the length of the chimney inexpensively, and to improve the chimney's draft. A chimney with more than one pot on it indicates that multiple fireplaces on different floors share the chimney. A cowl is placed on top of the chimney to prevent birds and other animals from nesting in the ...

  6. Sanitary manhole - Wikipedia

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    This forms a half bench for the manhole base. The top half of that existing pipe is cut open to form a channel. A new pipe is inserted through the wall hole. This will allow wastewater from the new pipe to drop onto the bench and slide down to the channel. The upper portion of the manhole is built on top of that section. [21]

  7. Breccia pipe - Wikipedia

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    Breccia is typically silicified and consists of many smaller irregular rock fragments. Breccia pipe cutting Eday Sandstone, Ophir Bay, Orkney. A breccia pipe, also referred to as a chimney, is a mass of breccia (rock composed of broken fragments of minerals or rock cemented together by a fine-grained matrix), often in an irregular and cylindrical shape.

  8. Flue-gas stack - Wikipedia

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    A flue gas stack at GRES-2 Power Station in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan, the tallest of its kind in the world (420 meters or 1,380 feet) [1]. A flue-gas stack, also known as a smoke stack, chimney stack or simply as a stack, is a type of chimney, a vertical pipe, channel or similar structure through which flue gases are exhausted to the outside air.

  9. Flashing (weatherproofing) - Wikipedia

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    In earlier days, birch bark was occasionally used as a flashing material. [7] Most flashing materials today are metal, plastic, rubber, or impregnated paper. [8]Metal flashing materials include lead, aluminium, copper, [1] stainless steel, zinc alloy, other architectural metals or a metal with a coating such as galvanized steel, lead-coated copper, anodized aluminium, terne-coated copper ...