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Cremation Terminology Flashcards

1
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Cremators are

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Incinerators

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Supplied to the equipment for combustion, cooling, ventilation, etc

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Air

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Any air, controlled with respect to quantity and location, forced or induced, supplied to the cremation chamber for the purpose of promoting combustion of the combustible materials in the chamber

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Primary Air

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Any air, controlled with respect to quantity and location, supplied through ports in the walls, roof of the secondary combustion chamber, for the purpose of completing combustion of the combustible materials in the gasses from the cremation chamber or to reduce operating temperatures within the cremator

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Secondary Air

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5
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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 aka Secondary Burner

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6
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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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8
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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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9
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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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10
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The amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at or near maximum density

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British Thermal Unit aka BTU

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A device for the introduction of a flame by delivering fuel and its 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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12
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Types of burners inclue

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Afterburner, primary burner, and secondary burner

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13
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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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14
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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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15
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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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16
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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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17
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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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18
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The Cremation Container must conform to these guidelines

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Be composed of suitable material
Be rigid enough for handling ease
Assures protection of health
Provides proper covering for the remains
Meets moral codes for respect and dignity
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19
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The total mechanical unity for the cremation process

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Cremator

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20
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A type IV incinerator designed for cremating human and animal remains

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Cremator

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21
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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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22
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The pressure difference between the cremator or any component part and the atmosphere which causes a continuous flow of air and products of combustion through the gas passages of the cremator to the atmosphere

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Draft

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23
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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

24
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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

25
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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

26
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Dampers, linkages, etc used to regulate air flow

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Draft Controls

27
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Combustion products such as smoke, soot, sulfur dioxide, etc

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Emissions

28
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EPA

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

29
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Any chamber designed to reduce the volcity of the products of combustion to promote the settling of fly ash from the gas stream

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Expansion or Settling Chamber

30
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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

31
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A horizontal passage for conducting products of combustion into the atmosphere

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Flue

32
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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 aka Products of Combustion

33
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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 aka particulate matter aka Particulates

34
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A solid surface upon which the human remains and container are placed for the cremation process

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Hearth

35
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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

36
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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

37
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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

38
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Hearth air is generally used during the _______________ of cremation

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Second Half

39
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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, checkerwork, and or turn in direction of the gas flow

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Mixing Chamber

40
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The degree to which a substance allows light to pass through

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Opacity

41
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Small 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 aka Particulate Matter

42
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Sensor that provides the presence of the flame

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Photo Cell

43
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Chemical compounds in combustion/flue gases that present human health and environmental concerns

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Pollutants

44
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A smaller gas burner used to light the main burner

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Pilot

45
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A system on some cremators that monitor the visibility through flue gases as they enter the stack. Detect the presence of smoke and is designed to allow the operator to correct the operating conditions

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Pollution Control System aka PCS

46
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Chamber withn a cremator where primary ignition and burning of the remains noccurs

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Primary Combustion Chamber

47
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Unit of Pressure (PSI)

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Pounds per Square Inch

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

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Secondary Combustion Chamber

51
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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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Settling or Expansion Chamber

52
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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

53
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A vertical passage for conducting products of combustion to the atmosphere

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Stack

54
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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

55
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Air introduced into the afterchamber for emission control, usually during the first half of the cremation

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Throat Air

56
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Throat Air is usually used during the

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First half of the chamber

Arts - Mors 200 (6 decks)

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