boil-off
Gas escaping liquid
Boil-off is the loss of liquid through evaporation, especially in industrial contexts involving cryogenic substances like liquid nitrogen or liquefied natural gas.
As these extremely cold liquids warm, they convert to gas and escape: The tanker loses about 0.1% of its cargo daily to boil-off.
The term also describes the initial phase of cooking where liquid reduces rapidly.
Cooled gas for transport
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- tankLarge storage vessel
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
vaporization · methane · liquefied · cargo · containment · pressure · cooldown · nitrogen
Purification via vaporization
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- separationState of being apart
- volatilesEasily evaporating chemicals
fractionation · condensation · petroleum · solvent · purification · chemical · process · column
LNG
Cooled gas for transport
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- tankLarge storage vessel
- storageSpace for keeping goods
insulation · vaporization · methane · liquefied · cargo · containment · pressure · cooldown · nitrogen · helium
distillation
Purification via vaporization
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- separationState of being apart
volatiles · fractionation · condensation · petroleum · solvent · purification · chemical · process · column · vapor
propellant
Substance creating thrust
liquid hydrogen · launch · countdown · tanking · venting · pad · fueling · ullage · Saturn V · Starship
boil-offcondensation
Vapor turning to liquid
liquefaction · deposition · condensate · condensing · cooling
boil-offaccumulation
Collected mass over time
fill-up · replenishment · top-up · retention · make-up
boil-offretention
Continued holding or possession
containment · recovery · recapture · preservation · accumulation
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