The velocity of the gas in the passages between the filter units in the filter house of a gas filter.

Difference in air or gas temperature between the outlet of the intercooler and the inlet of the compressor.

A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure. Also prevents oil loss by retaining oil droplets and draining the oil back to the sump.

Wind coming from the north.

Contraction for Empty Repositioning. The movement of empty containers.

On or in a ship.

An instrument designed to detect the ultrasonic emissions and convert them to audible signal.

A method of drying natural gas.

A sailor's paradise where amusements were plentiful, and the women were accommodating.

A seat or brace running laterally across the width of a rowing boat.

Nautical equivalent of ceiling

A point of sail where the boat is sailing at a right angle to the wind (wind coming from abeam). A beam reach is usually the fastest point of sail. A beam reach is a point of sail between a broad reach and a close reach.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., (ASHRAE) is an international membership organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, refrigeration, air conditioning and ...

A wharf licensed and attended by Customs authorities.

To make secure

Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors

(1) To bind a line with marline, cord, twine, wire, or other "small stuff" to prevent accidental opening or unraveling (2) To freeze up, as a valve.

Opposite of absorption or adsorption. In filtration, it relates to the downstream release of particles previously retained by the filter.

A single block such as a snatch block used as a fairlead to bring a line in a more favorable direction.

A guy who gets Head (toilet) cleaning detail.