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sneakage

sneakage noun: the situation where gases carrying dust bypass the active electrode system of an electrostatic precipitator.

Noun

sneakage (uncountable)

  1. The situation where gases carrying dust bypass the active electrode system of an electrostatic precipitator.
    • Improved performance is obtained by reducing gas flow unevenness, dust flow unevenness, dust reentrainment, and gas sneakage.1996, Howard D. Hesketh, Air Pollution Control: Traditional Hazardous Pollutants, →ISBN
    • Sneakage and poor gas flow distribution adversely affect the collection efficiency. Sneakage occurs when a portion of the gas bypasses the electrified regions of the ESP by flowing through the hopper area and high voltage feed-through areas.2012, Barbara Toole-O'Neil, Dry Scrubbing Technologies for Flue Gas Desulfurization, →ISBN, page 57

Origin of sneakage

From sneak + -age.

Words formed from sneakage

Questions about sneakage

What does sneakage mean?
Sneakage means the situation where gases carrying dust bypass the active electrode system of an electrostatic precipitator.
What part of speech is sneakage?
Sneakage is a noun.

Words near sneakage in the dictionary

  1. sneak thief
  2. sneak thieves
  3. sneak up
  4. sneak-cup
  5. sneak-cups
  6. sneakage
  7. sneakbox
  8. sneakboxes
  9. sneaked
  10. sneaked around
  11. sneaked in

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