Gas blending — or gas mixing is the filling of diving cylinders with non air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox. Hazards There are several hazards with gas mixing: * cylinders are being filled with high pressure gas. If there is any damage or… … Wikipedia
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster — The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) are the pair of large solid rockets used by the Space Shuttle during the first two minutes of powered flight. They are located on either side of the orange external propellant tank. Each SRB produces … Wikipedia
Compressor station — is a set of facilities and equipment to boost gas pressure during its production, transportation and storage. A CS process flowchart includes gas treatment units, compressor shops and air coolers. The compressor station equipment operation is… … Glossary of Oil and Gas
Natural pressure gas lift operation — is natural gas production and injection into gas trunklines using natural formation energy at the initial stage of field development when the amount of formation pressure is high enough (5.5 to 12 MPa). For instance, natural pressure gas lift… … Glossary of Oil and Gas
List of pipeline accidents — The following is a list of pipeline accidents: This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Contents 1 Bel … Wikipedia
Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company — Infobox Company company name = Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company company vector company type = Public genre = foundation = 1968 founder = location city = Ashkelon, 78101 location country = Israel location = origins = key people = area served =… … Wikipedia
Space debris — populations seen from outside geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Note the two primary debris fields, the ring of objects in GEO, and the cloud of objects in low earth orbit (LEO) … Wikipedia
Space Shuttle — STS redirects here. For other uses, see STS (disambiguation). This article is about the NASA Space Transportation System vehicle. For the associated NASA STS program, see Space Shuttle program. For other shuttles and aerospace vehicles, see… … Wikipedia
Glossary of firefighting equipment — Note: This list is incomplete. You can help Wikipedia by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glossary of firefighting equipment action=edit adding to it] . 0 9 * 1 3/4 inch hose: see attack hose * 2 1/2 inch hose: see attack hose , supply… … Wikipedia
space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… … Universalium
List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents — Death in space redirects here. For death in specifically outer space conditions, see Space exposure. Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, due to hot gases escaping the SRBs leading to structural failure of the external… … Wikipedia