A small receiver fitted on the inlet or discharge of a reciprocating compressor. The device is designed to remove the resonance from the compressor thereby reducing noise.

A type of air circulation in a container. In top air units, air is drawn from the bottom of the container, filtered through the evaporator for cooling and then forced through the ducted passages along the top of the container. This type of airflow require ...

The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.

The space between the two sides of the shell of a block in which the sheave is fitted.

The direction of an object from the observer's position.

A short period at the turn of the tide. The time between flood and ebb tides when there is no current flow.

Small sea that rises just above bows or gunwale.

A type of knot that tightens under load. It is formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline, or by tying around a bight in the line.

Condition that exists when the air, gas, or fluid normally passing through an element is being shunted around the element.

Filtering device used to remove the solid debris from the cooling water.

An automatic or manual valve that causes the flow to be by passed.

Cycles per minute - a unit of measure of the frequency of any vibration.

A rope passed around (center) a boat or other object for hanging.

Is a pipe extending downward from the bottom of the airline to collect any condensation flow in the pipe.

Transportation from one city to another as differentiated from local switching service.

A conduit for disposing of refuse-especially that the ship/s galley.

The fluid entering a component.

The lifting power. It may be measured by the volume of a watertight hull above the load water line.

The settings on a pressure switch used to either load or unload the air compressor on a constant speed application, or start or stop the compressor on a start/stop application. The cut out pressure is also known as the maximum pressure, or the point at wh ...

Are used with ejectors to convert weight of gas and/or water vapor handled to or from equivalent air.