TERMIUM Plus®

The Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank.

REBOILER [1 record]

Record 1 2000-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Equipment
  • Petroleum Distillation
DEF

An exchanger which provides the rising vapours in a tower by boiling a portion of the tower bottoms.

CONT

The proper temperature at the bottom of the column is maintained by circulating part of the residue through a heater called a reboiler and back to the column.

CONT

Most glycol units consist of a tower, in which the wet gas is put into intimate contact with glycol to remove the water, and a reboiler, which heats the wet glycol to remove the water so that the glycol can be recycled to the tower section.

OBS

reboiler: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Distillation du pétrole
DEF

Appareil pour réchauffer et vaporiser partiellement le liquide du fond d'une colonne à plateaux.

OBS

rebouilleur : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Save record 1

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2024
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Features

Language Portal of Canada

Access a collection of Canadian resources on all aspects of English and French, including quizzes.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: