flue
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7.2
- noun
- /fluː/
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- Gaston has a baghouse to remove remaining particulates from flue gas after it leaves the precipitator.
- flue gas
- flue-gas desulfurization
- flue gas recirculation
If you're worried about carbon dioxide, you can take carbon dioxide out of flue gas.
- If you're worried about carbon dioxide, you can take carbon dioxide out of flue gas.
Examples
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With post-combustion technologies, flue gas released from a boiler is treated to reduce its content of pollutants.
Academic text (1990) -
And so in this tower you have your flue gas going up through the tower.
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So you have your gas, say in a flue gas, you have a liquid film.
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About half the investment goes into technology to treat flue gases and to recover energy.
Academic text (2000) -
When the wind is just right, it blows across her top and draws the smoke right up the flue.
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A steady stream of blue smoke flows from the flue on the roof.
Fiction book (1996) -
Much of the corrective response took the form of flue gas scrubbers and other capture devices.
Academic text (2002) -
Two rooms in the cottage, the first centered around an iron stove, its flue vented through the ceiling.
Fiction book (1999) -
The smoke from the fireplace quickly rose up the flue and out of the house.
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Before starting a fire, it's important to ensure that the flue is open to allow the smoke to escape.
Synonyms
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2.7
An opening in clothing like the back of a jacket that lets air in
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2.8
A channel like a pipe that moves air to bring fresh air into buildings
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4.7
A vertical passage in a building or mine that lets air move through spaces
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5.5
A metal pipe that connects a stove to a chimney
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4.5
A passage that brings fresh air into mines and tunnels
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Etymology
Flue comes from an old root meaning 'to flow', the same root as the everyday word flow. So a flue is a channel where smoke 'flows' out of a fireplace.