boiler tube

collocation in English

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boiler
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɔɪ.lər/
us
/ˈbɔɪ.lɚ/
a device that heats water, especially to provide heating and hot water in ...
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tube
noun
uk
/tʃuːb/
us
/tuːb/
a long cylinder made from plastic, metal, rubber, or glass, especially used for moving or containing liquids ...
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(Definition ofboilerandtubefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reactor was again shut down, and the moisture traced to a leakingboilertube.
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Sodium encourages rust which weakens the walls of the boiler pipes and can cause them to fracture and burst, known as aboilertubeleak.
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A steel pipe orboilertubepilot replaced the original wooden type of cowcatcher.
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This caused air to be fed into the horizontalboilertubeprobably caused the priming.
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The principal causes were fractures, hot bearings and failures of injectors, joints, boiler tubes and vacuum brakes.
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I know that boilers are needed all over the world, and boiler tubes and valves are the difficulty.
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The shorter overall length meant that the boiler tubes were shorter, which also improved draughting.
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Boiler tubes were typically iron tubing of 2 inches diameter.
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In less than a month she suffered twelve failures of her boiler tubes and heat exchangers.
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Completion of the restoration was achieved in early 2004 after a government grant for new boiler tubes.
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From here the hot gases travelled up through the boiler tubes which pass through the water jacket.
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The class also suffered from leaking boiler tubes after passing over points, which necessitated structural reinforcement.
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During this voyage her fan engine broke down and her boiler tubes became clogged as a result of steaming on natural draught.
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The products, flue gas and un-combusted fuel, then leave the burner and pass over the boiler tubes.
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The problems were solved by understanding the gas flows within the boiler redesigning the boiler tubes to minimise the effects of erosion.
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The evaporative heating surface of the boiler was therefore decreased to 229.2 m2 (with the number of boiler tubes reduced to 162).
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The thermal radiation of the fireball heats the water that circulates through the boiler tubes near the boiler perimeter.
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In 1972, problems with the use of galvanised wire that was used to attach thermocouples to stainless steel boiler tubes were discovered.
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