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Blowdown vs Wastewater - What's the difference?

blowdown | wastewater |

As nouns the difference between blowdown and wastewater

is that blowdown is (chemical engineering) the removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure while wastewater is any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.

blowdown

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure
  • (industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
  • wastewater

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia wastewater) (en noun)
  • Any water that has been used by some human domestic or industrial activity and, because of that, now contains waste products.
  • Synonyms

    * sewage