oxidizer

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oxidizer

[′äk·sə‚dīz·ər]

(aerospace engineering)

A substance, not necessarily containing oxygen, that supports the combustion of a fuel or propellant.

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The thermal oxidizer is designed to capture and control odors only associated with the methane recovery facility.

United States : Rumpke gets permit to install odor control equipment

A fast oxidizer, also often referred to as a "Type A" personality, can be pushed over the edge, into possible death at worst or collapse into a chronic disease state at the least.

Assessment of the oxidation rate: an absolute must for the physician's vitamin and mineral therapy

The most popular sanitizers used in pools and spas--chlorine and bromine--function both as biocides (they kill bacteria and other potentially harmful microbes) and oxidizers (they "burn up" unpleasant organic contaminants such as bather wastes, dust and pollen).

Shocking interference: how to accurately measure chlorine levels in water shocked with potassium monopersulfate

Liquid rocket fuels and the oxidizer are held separately in large tanks and then Fed into the rocket chamber, where they mix and burn.

This is no Roman candle

Corrosives, oxidizers and flammables must be stored separately (different shelves or compartments).

Alodine storage requirements have changed

The internal chambers of a catalytic oxidizer are manufactured entirely of heavy-gauge stainless steel.

Using thermal or catalytic oxidizers to control air pollution

Here, the oxidizer is either oxygen or another compound that accepts electrons readily enough and fast enough to drive the heat-releasing chemical reactions that underlie burning.

Refueling rockets: could spacecraft powered by a new wax be safer and cheaper?

Relatively easy to manufacture -- in principle it could be made from water -- hydrogen peroxide is less dangerous and expensive than conventional oxidizers such as liquid oxygen.

Hydrogen peroxide could power fuel cell

The paper, however, also said some sources deny the facilities are for storage and injection of fuel and oxidizer and believe they are dummy facilities to threaten the international community.

2 facilities seen at N. Korean missile base: paper

A catalytic oxidizer is an insulated metal-constructed combustion chamber that has a temperature-controlling burner and a catalyst section.

Three ways to control VOC emissions

Its ThermaGrid regenerative thermal oxidizer can be tested at your plant by means of a trailer-mounted system.