Associations to the word «Downcomer»

Wiktionary

DOWNCOMER, noun. A pipe to conduct something downwards.
DOWNCOMER, noun. A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
DOWNCOMER, noun. A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus