Crossword clues for separator
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Separator \Sep"a*ra`tor\, n. [L.] One who, or that which, separates. Specifically:
(Steam Boilers) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.
(Mining) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue.
(Weaving) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "separatist," agent noun from separate (v.). As a mechanical device for separating, from 1831.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An object located between two or more things and hence separate#Verb them. 2 A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk. 3 An agent performing the action of separating.
WordNet
n. an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension [syn: centrifuge, extractor]
Wikipedia
Separator can refer to:
- A mechanical device to separate fluids and solids, like
- Cream separator, separates cream from milk
- Demister (vapor), removal of liquid droplets entrained in a vapor stream
- Separator (oil production), of an oil production plant
- Vapor-liquid separator, separates a vapor-liquid mixture
- The historic Swedish company name AB Separator, common ancestor of Alfa Laval and DeLaval
- Air classifier, a mechanical device to separate components of air
- Community separator, a term of urban planning
- Separator (electricity), a porous or ion-conducting barrier used to separate anode and cathode in electrochemical systems, also known as diaphragm
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Planar separator theorem, a theorem in graph theory
- Vertex separator, a notion in graph theory
- Geometric separator, a line that separates a set of geometric shapes to two subsets.
- A synonym of generator in category theory.
- A mathematical sign used to separate the integer part from the fractional part of a number. For example, the decimal point and the binary point
- A synonym of delimiter in computer parlance
- Orthodontic spacer, also known as orthodontic separators
- Four of the C0 and C1 control codes used in digital character encoding
- A song by Radiohead, off the 2011 album The King of Limbs
A separator is a centrifugal device that separates milk into cream and skimmed milk. Separation was commonly performed on farms in the past. Most farmers milked a few cows, usually by hand, and separated milk. Some of the skimmed milk was consumed while the rest was used to feed calves and pigs. Enough cream was saved to make butter, and the excess was sold.
Today, milk is separated in industrial dairies. Sufficient cream is returned to the skimmed milk before sale.
The term separator in oilfield terminology designates a pressure vessel used for separating well fluids produced from oil and gas wells into gaseous and liquid components. A separator for petroleum production is a large vessel designed to separate production fluids into their constituent components of oil, gas and water. A separating vessel may be referred to in the following ways: Oil and gas separator, Separator, Stage separator, Trap, Knockout vessel (Knockout drum, knockout trap, water knockout, or liquid knockout), Flash chamber (flash vessel or flash trap), Expansion separator or expansion vessel, Scrubber (gas scrubber), Filter (gas filter). These separating vessels are normally used on a producing lease or platform near the wellhead, manifold, or tank battery to separate fluids produced from oil and gas wells into oil and gas or liquid and gas. An oil and gas separator generally includes the following essential components and features:
1. A vessel that includes (a) primary separation device and/or section, (b) secondary “gravity” settling (separating) section, (c) mist extractor to remove small liquid particles from the gas, (d) gas outlet, (e) liquid settling (separating) section to remove gas or vapor from oil (on a three-phase unit, this section also separates water from oil), (f) oil outlet, and (g) water outlet (three-phase unit).
2. Adequate volumetric liquid capacity to handle liquid surges (slugs) from the wells and/or flowlines.
3. Adequate vessel diameter and height or length to allow most of the liquid to separate from the gas so that the mist extractor will not be flooded.
4. A means of controlling an oil level in the separator, which usually includes a liquid-level controller and a diaphragm motor valve on the oil outlet.
5. A back pressure valve on the gas outlet to maintain a steady pressure in the vessel.
6. Pressure relief devices.
Separators work on the principle that the three components have different densities, which allows them to stratify when moving slowly with gas on top, water on the bottom and oil in the middle. Any solids such as sand will also settle in the bottom of the separator. The functions of oil and gas separators can be divided into the primary and secondary functions which will be discussed later on.
A separator is a permeable membrane placed between a battery's anode and cathode. The main function of a separator is to keep the two electrodes apart to prevent electrical short circuits while also allowing the transport of ionic charge carriers that are needed to close the circuit during the passage of current in an electrochemical cell.
Separators are critical components in liquid electrolyte batteries. A separator generally consists of a polymeric membrane forming a microporous layer. It must be chemically and electrochemically stable with regard to the electrolyte and electrode materials and mechanically strong enough to withstand the high tension during battery construction. They are important to batteries because their structure and properties considerably affect the battery performance, including the batteries energy and power densities, cycle life, and safety.
Usage examples of "separator".
It is usually threshed with a huller, but may also be threshed like the medium red variety by a grain separator with a suitable attachment.
It is threshed with a huller or with a grain separator with suitable attachments.
Ordinarily, the work can best be done by clover hullers, the same as are used in threshing medium red and mammoth clover, but grain separators, with certain attachments, will now do this work in good form.
The helmet and relief options went into the sterilizers, the used clothing into a separator, and the suit and gloves into the recycler.
The helmet and relief options went into the sterilizers, the used clothing into a separator, and the suit and gloves into the recycler.
The gas chromatograph which separates out volatile substances and the mass spectrometer which detects ions were divided by a palladium separator.
His ears were shocked and assaulted by a myriad-tongued clamour, clashing steel, straining belts, jarring woodwork, while the impalpable chaff powder from the separators settled like dust in his hair, his ears, eyes, and mouth.
A zigzag of silver ran down the hillside tovthe huts—a Decauville Track, Bond guessed, to bring the guano from the diggings down to the crusher and separator.
A zigzag of silver ran down the hillside tovthe huts-a Decauville Track, Bond guessed, to bring the guano from the diggings down to the crusher and separator.
The last iron truck of the day started off on the Decauville Track that snaked down the mountainside to the crusher and separator.
She looked at Jay's alternative, a centrifugal separator, and shook her head—.
And the vat had to be a waste separator, designed to send liquids to the recycling evaporators and solids to the replicator mass reclaimers.
Centrifugal separators, fermenters, freeze dryers, BL4 containment equipment, even known pathogens and toxins, are all readily available on the export market for legitimate medical, agricultural, and industrial purposes.
You took any piece, crushed it, gasified it, ionized it, put it through the electromagnetic isotope separator, and drew forth as much (or, rather, as minutely little) germanium as any other piece would have given you.
You took any piece, crushed it, gasified it, ionized it, put it through the electromagnetic isotope separator, and drew forth as much—or, rather, as minutely little—germanium as any other piece would have given you.