BLEED VALVE

A small-flow valve connected to a fluid process vessel or line for the purpose of bleeding off small quantities of contained fluid.

bleed_valve bleeding line process valve vessel fluid

Related Terms

A device for producing a deliberate pressure drop or resistance in a line by reducing the cross-sectional flow area.

restrictor pressure_drop pressure device flow line resistance drop

Back of the vessel.

vessel aft

A backward movement of a vessel

vessel movement

Across the ship, at right angles to the fore-and-aft centerline

vessel centerline fore_and_aft

A vessel traveling upstream.

upbound upstream vessel

The porous device that performs the actual process of filtration. Also known as Cartridge

filter element cartridge porous_device device process

A process for treating raw extracted base stocks with hydrogen to saturate them for improved stability.

hydrofinishing base_stock hydrogen stability process base

The width of a ship. Also called breadth.

beam vessel width breadth

The width of a ship.

beam vessel width breadth

A hiring of a vessel

affreightment hiring vessel