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Cremation Terminology Flashcards

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1
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Chamber within a cremator where unburned combustible materials from the primary chamber are conveyed to facilitate additional combustion

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Afterburner (Secondary Burner)

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Chamber where unburned combustible material from the primary chamber is completely burned

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Afterchamber

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To break into tiny bits, or into a fine liquid mist or spray

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Atomize

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Any refractory construction intended to change the direction of flow or velocity of the products of combustion

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Baffle

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Provides excess air for combustion, maintains a negative draft through the interior chambers and cools exhaust gases before they exit the stack

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Blower

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British Thermal Unit

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BTU

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The amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at or near the maximum density

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BTU

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A device for the introduction of a flame by delivering fuel and it combustion air at desired velocities and turbulence to establish and maintain proper ignition and combustion of the fuel

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Burner

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Types of this include After_______, Primary, and Seconday

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Burner

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The heating process of reducing the body, wrapping and/or the container to their basic elements in the form of cremated remains through combustion

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Calcination

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A vertical (stack) or horizontal (Flue) passage for conducting products of combustion to the atmosphere

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Chimney

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Vertical Chimney

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Stack

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Horizontal Chimney

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Flue

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A chemical reaction that results from mixing fuel and oxygen in the presence of an ignition source and releases light and heat

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Combustion

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The process of reducing the body to ash and bone fragments through flame, heat, and vaporization

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Cremation

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The case/container in which the human body is delivered to the crematory and in which it is cremated

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Cremation Container

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Must be composed of a suitable material, rigid enough for handling ease, assure protection of the health, provide proper covering for the remains, and meet moral codes for respect and dignity

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Cremation Container

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18
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The total mechanical unity for the cremation process

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Cremator

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This type incinerator is designed for cremating human and animal remains

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Type IV

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Chambers or gas passage placed between two chambers to carry the products of combustion in a downward direction

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Downpass

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The pressure difference between the cremator or any component part and the atmosphere which causes a continuous flow or air and products of combustion through he gas passages of the cremator to the atmosphere

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Draft

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The pressure difference created by the action of a fan, blower, or ejector, which supplies the primary combustion air above atmospheric pressure

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Forced Draft

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The pressure difference created by the action of a fan, blower or ejector, which is located between the incinerator and the stack, or at the stack exit

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Induced Draft

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The pressure difference created by stack or chimney due to its height, and the temperature difference between the flue gases and the atmosphere

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Natural Draft

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Dampers, linkages, etc used to regulate air flow

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Draft Controls

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Combustion products such as smoke, soot, sulfur dioxide, etc

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Emissions

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United States Environmental Protections Agency

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EPA

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Any chamber designed to reduce the velocity of the products of combustion to promote the settling of fly ash from the gas stream

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Expansion or Settling Chamber

29
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Sensor which detects or monitors proper ignition bases on the presence of ultraviolet rays from the flames

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Flame Scanner

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A horizontal passage for conducting products of combustion into the atmosphere

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Flue

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All gases which leave the cremator by way of the flue, including gaseous products of combustion, water vapor, excess air, and nitrogen

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Flue Gas

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Suspended ash particles, charred paper, dust, soot, or other partially incinerated matter, carried in the products of combustion

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Fly Ash

33
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A solid surface which the human remains and container are placed for the cremation process

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Hearth

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Hearth on which drying or combustion results from the action of hot combustion gases passing only over the top surface of the hearth

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Cold Hearth

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Hearth on which drying or combustion results from the action of hot combustion gases passing over both the top and bottom of the hearth

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Hot Hearth

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Excess air injected along the sides of the primary combustion chamber to assist the combustion process and allow the primary chamber to cool following the cremation process

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Hearth Air

37
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Hearth air is usually used during this part of the cremation

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Second Half

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Chamber usually placed between the primary combustion chamber and the secondary combustion chamber where thorough mixing of the products of combustion is accomplished by turbulence created by increased velocities of gases, checker work, and/or turns in direction of the gas flow

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Mixing Chamber

39
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The degree to which a substance allows light to pass through

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Opacity

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Small pieces of liquids or solids that include dust, fumes, smoke, mists or sprays, charred paper, soot or other partially incinerated matter

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Particulates/Particulate Matter

41
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Sensor that provides the presence of flame

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Photo Cell

42
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A smaller gas burner used to light the main burner

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Pilot

43
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Chemical compounds that present human health and environmental concerns

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Pollutants

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A system on some cremators that monitors the visibility through flue gases as they enter the stack

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Pollution Control System

45
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Detects the presence of smoke and is designed to allow the operator to correct the operating conditions

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Pollution Control System

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Chamber within a cremator where primary ignition and burning of the remains occurs

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Primary Combustion Chamber

47
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Pounds per square inch

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PSI

48
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The process of reducing the size of the cremated remains after cremation

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Pulverize

49
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Special high temperature lining for the combustion chambers

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Refractory

50
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A device in the stack which responds to the detection of smoke by setting of an alarm and/or taking some type of corrective action

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Smoke Alarm

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A vertical passage for conducting products of combustion to the atmosphere

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Stack

52
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Test conducted by federal, state, or local regulatory agency to measure pollutants released into the atmosphere from a crematory, in amounts that exceed regulatory requirements

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Source Test

53
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Air introduced into the afterchamber for emission control,

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Throat air

54
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Throat air is introduced usually when?

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During the first half of the cremation

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