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scrub·ber (skrubər)

noun

anything that scrubs or is used for scrubbing: specif., an apparatus that cleans the gases passing through a smokestack of a coal-burning power plant

Etymology: scrub + -er

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scrubber Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: In the most widely used venturi scrubber, water is injected into the flue gas stream at the venturi throat to form droplets.

Adjective modifier

  • wet: The absorber construction material is usually carbon steel making the process less expensive in capital costs compared with wet scrubbers.

Modifies a noun

  • canister: Continue on and you are heading for the scrubber canister which is made out of a British army ammo cartridge container.

Noun used with modifier

  • coke: The scrubber is fitted with substantial cast-iron doors. having machined faces, through which cleaning or charging of the coke scrubber may be effected.
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