Definition of precipitator in English:
precipitator
noun prɪˈsɪpɪteɪtəprəˈsɪpəˌteɪdər
An apparatus for causing precipitation, especially a device for removing dust from a gas.
Example sentencesExamples
- Since the precipitator could not capture sulphur dioxide gas, but only condensed particles of sulphuric acid, it did not completely solve the pollution problem.
- The arsenic captured by the precipitators and in dust chambers played an equal role in polluting the area.
- The commissioners did finally insist that the company install the additional electrical precipitators.
- When the cloud of white tobacco smoke entered the charged field and vanished, he realized the electrical precipitator had the potential to become a major new smoke-control technology.
- Technically, the electrical precipitator was an indisputable triumph: it could clean an array of particulate pollutants from smoke produced by a wide variety of industrial processes.
Definition of precipitator in US English:
precipitator
nounprəˈsipəˌtādərprəˈsɪpəˌteɪdər
An apparatus for causing precipitation, especially a device for removing dust from a gas.
Example sentencesExamples
- The arsenic captured by the precipitators and in dust chambers played an equal role in polluting the area.
- When the cloud of white tobacco smoke entered the charged field and vanished, he realized the electrical precipitator had the potential to become a major new smoke-control technology.
- The commissioners did finally insist that the company install the additional electrical precipitators.
- Technically, the electrical precipitator was an indisputable triumph: it could clean an array of particulate pollutants from smoke produced by a wide variety of industrial processes.
- Since the precipitator could not capture sulphur dioxide gas, but only condensed particles of sulphuric acid, it did not completely solve the pollution problem.