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

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.