English Dictionary

Glover's tower

名詞

A large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalyst, effect the conversion of sulfurous to sulfuric acid.

日本語の意味

硫酸製造に用いられる大きな塔または室で、粗酸を凝縮し、硝素の煙を帯びた濃縮酸を供給する装置です。この硝素煙が触媒として働き、亜硫酸を硫酸に変換する工程を促進します。

In the old chemical plant, Glover's tower stood at the center, condensing crude acid and returning concentrated, nitrous-fume-charged sulfuric acid to the process.

古い化学工場では、硫酸製造に用いられる大型の吸収塔が中央にそびえ、粗酸を凝縮して亜硝酸の煙を帯びた濃硫酸を工程に戻していた。

意味（1）

A large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalyst, effect the conversion of sulfurous to sulfuric acid.

Glover's towers （ plural ）