Definitions from Wiktionary (blowdown)
▸ noun: (chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
▸ noun: (industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
▸ noun: (forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
▸ noun: (aviation) The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.
▸ noun: (manufacturing, informal) An instance of blowing down with compressed air.
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▸ noun: (chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
▸ noun: (industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
▸ noun: (forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
▸ noun: (aviation) The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.
▸ noun: (manufacturing, informal) An instance of blowing down with compressed air.
Similar:
blowout,
visbreaking,
bottom kill,
defluidization,
desolventizing,
bleed,
static kill,
visbreaker,
backflush,
boildown,
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continuous,
bottom,
intermittent,
manual,
periodic,
automatic,
excessive,
extensive,
catastrophic,
liquid,
heavy
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