soot blower
soot blower noun: a device for directing a jet of steam on the boiler tubes of a steam boiler, so as to remove deposits of soot inside the tubes.
Noun
soot blower (plural soot blowers)
- A device for directing a jet of steam on the boiler tubes of a steam boiler, so as to remove deposits of soot inside the tubes.
- In order to deal with deposits of soot on boiler-tubes while running, especially if poor coal is in use, locomotives are often now provided with blowers on the firebox back-plate which can be made to discharge a jet of high pressure steam towards the firebox tubeplates; this has the effect of...1944 May and June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Soot Blowers”, in Railway Magazine, page 194
soot blower meaning in Tamil
soot blower in Tamil
- புகைக்கரி ஊதி
Forms of soot blower
| plural | soot blowers |
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Questions about soot blower
- What does soot blower mean?
- Soot blower means a device for directing a jet of steam on the boiler tubes of a steam boiler, so as to remove deposits of soot inside the tubes.
- What is soot blower in Tamil?
- Soot blower in Tamil is புகைக்கரி ஊதி. See Soot blower meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is soot blower?
- Soot blower is a noun.
- What is the plural of soot blower?
- The plural of soot blower is soot blowers.
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