This is the abbreviation for a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion. It is associated with the rupture, under fire conditions, of a pressure vessel containing liquefied gas and used to classify the fire hazard of liquefied gases transported in pressure vessels.
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RESTRICTOR
A device for producing a deliberate pressure drop or resistance in a line by reducing the cross-sectional flow area.
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AFT
Back of the vessel.
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ASTERN
A backward movement of a vessel
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ATHWARTSHIP
Across the ship, at right angles to the fore-and-aft centerline
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SAFETY CONTROL
Device to stop unit, equipment or system if unsafe pressure and/or temperatures and/or dangerous conditions are reached.
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UPBOUND
A vessel traveling upstream.
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CONTAMINANT CAPACITY
The weight of a specified artificial contaminant that must be added to the influent to produce a given differential pressure across a filter at specified conditions. Used as an indication of relative service life. Also known as Dirt capacity, Dust capacity
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BUBBLE POINT
The differential gas pressure at which the first steady stream of gas bubbles is emitted from a wetted filter element under specified test conditions.
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BEAM
The width of a ship. Also called breadth.
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BREADTH
The width of a ship.
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