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SANCTIONS: Actions taken against a state or local government for failure to plan or to implement a SIP, such as a ban on construction of new sources.

SATEEN: Cotton cloth made with a satin weave, expressed as warp sateen or filling sateen.

SATIN WEAVE: A form of twill, except that the points or intersection are separated from one another in a consistent or inconsistent manner.

SATURATED AIR: Air containing the maximum amount of water vapor for a given temperature and pressure.

SCFM (STANDARD CUBIC FEET PER MINUTE): The volume that a gas would occupy at standard temperature and pressure conditions (70° F and 14.7 PSIA). See Gas Flow Rate.

SCREW CONVEYOR: A dust transfer conveyor that uses a screw drive for continuous movement of the material.

SCROLL: The general shape of a centrifugal fan housing. The formed piece to which housing sides are welded.

SCRUBBER: A device that uses a liquid spray to remove aerosol and gaseous pollutants from an air stream. The gases are removed either by absorption or chemical reaction. Solid and liquid particulates are removed through contact with the spray. Scrubbers are used for both the measurement and control of pollution.

SCRUBBER, GAS: Any device in which a contaminant, solid or gaseous, is removed from a gas stream by liquid droplets. (Types include spray towers, packed towers, cyclone scrubbers, jet scrubbers, orifice scrubbers, venturi scrubbers, impingement scrubbers and mechanical scrubbers.)

SECONDARY COLLECTOR: A dust collector that is preceded by primary collector(s). The secondary filter normally has a higher filtering efficiency.

SEEDING: The application of a relatively coarse, dry dust to a bag or cartridge before start-up to provide an initial filter cake for immediate high efficiency and to protect bags from blinding. Also, in crystallizing, seeding is used to start the crystallization process.

SEISMIC ZONE 4/100 MPH WIND LOAD RATING: Structural rating of a dust collector. The equipment is designed to withstand the effects of an earthquake or wind force as defined in the Uniform Building Code.

SENSIBLE HEAT: Any portion of heat that effects a change in a substance’s temperature but does not alter that substance’s state.

SERIES FANS: A combination of fans connected such that the outlet of one fan exhausts into the inlet of another. Fans connected in this manner are capable of higher pressures than a single fan and are used to meet pressure requirements greater than single fans.

SERVICE FACTOR: The number by which the horsepower rating is multiplied to determine the maximum safe load that a motor may be expected to carry continuously.

SETTLING CHAMBER: A dry collection device that removes particulate matter from the gas stream by slowing down the exhaust gas velocity.

SHADED-POLE MOTOR: A special type of single-phase induction motor. Low starting torque, low cost. Usually used on direct-drive fans.

SHAFT SEAL: A device to limit gas leakage between the shaft and fan housing.

SHAKER BAGHOUSE: A baghouse using woven cloth bags; cleaning occurs by shaking bags.

SIC CODE (STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODE): A system used to classify industrial manufacturing companies by product and their type of business.

SI UNITS: Systems International d’Unites, International System of Units. Any one of the units of measure in the international meter-kilogram-second system.

SILICONE FINISH: A treatment of felted bags with silicone to provide a slick finish for improved dust release. Most commonly used on Dacron polyester and fiberglass bags.

SINGED FINISH: A felted bag finish that is designed to provide a finish similar to calendaring. The “hairs” are burned off to provide a smoother finish.

SINGEING: The burning off of the protruding fibers from the warp and filling yarns of the fabric.

SIP (STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN): Documents prepared by states, and submitted to EPA for approval, which identify actions and programs to be undertaken by the state and its subdivisions to implement their responsibilities under the Clean Air Act.

SIZING: A protective coating applied to yarn to ensure safe handling, such as abrasion-free during weaving.

SKRIM: A woven fabric that felt is needled onto.

SLIP: The percentage difference between synchronous and operating speeds.

SLOT VELOCITY: Linear speed of air through a slot in a hood, expressed in Feet Per Minute (FPM).

SMOG: The irritating haze resulting from the sun’s effect on certain pollutants in the air, notably those from automobile exhaust. See Photochemical Process. Also a mixture of fog and smoke.

SMOKE: An air suspension of aerosol particles which can be solid or liquid, formed from vaporization and condensation, such as welding smoke, oil smoke from machining, etc. Particles are less than 1 micron in diameter.

SO2: Sulfur dioxide is an invisible, nonflammable, acidic gas formed during combustion of fuel containing sulfur.

SO3:Sulfur trioxide oxidized from SO2; combines with atmospheric moisture to form sulfuric acid mist (H2SO4).

SOLENOID VALVE: Electromechanical valve which initiates pulsing action in reverse pulse-jet cleaning systems or allows water to flow in SMOG-HOG® in-place cleaning systems. An electrical signal energizes a coil that opens the valve allowing the fluid (air or water) to flow through the valve body.

SOOT: Very finely divided carbon particles clustered together in long chains.

SOUND-POWER LEVEL: Acoustic power radiating from a sound source. Expressed in watts or decibels.

SOUND-PRESSURE LEVEL: The acoustic pressure at a point in space where the microphone or listener’s ear is situated. Expressed in units of pressure or in decibels.

SOURCE: Any place or object from which pollutants are released.

SOURCE CAPTURE: A term used to describe applications in which the airborne contaminant is picked up or “captured” directly at the machine or process. Source capture applications involve the use of ductwork to convey the contaminated air to the air-cleaning device. Also sometimes called “direct capture.”

SP (STATIC PRESSURE): Pressure as measured in all directions within an airhandling system, not including the force or pressure of air movement.

SPARK TRAP: Device in a duct system designed to stop or extinguish a spark prior to entering a dust collector. Usually a dropout box in the duct system or inlet plenum that contains baffles to create a torturous air path which causes the spark to quench.

SPECIFIC GRAVITY: The ratio of the weight or mass of a given volume of any substance to that of an equal volume of some other substance taken as a standard. The ratio of the density of any gas to the density of dry air at the same temperature and pressure is the specific gravity of the gas.

SPECIFIC HEAT: The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise a certain volume one degree to that required to raise an equal volume of water one degree.

SPI: Society of the Plastics Industry.

SPLIT-PHASE MOTOR: The most common type of single-phase induction motor. Moderate starting torque, high-starting current, high breakdown torque. Used on easy-starting equipment, such as belt-drive fans.

SPUN FABRIC: Fabric woven from staple spun fabric.

SQUIRREL-CAGE WINDING: A permanently short-circuited winding, usually uninsulated and chiefly used in induction motors, having its conductors uniformly distributed around the periphery of the machine and joined by continuous end rings.

SRC (SPARK-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION): AMCA standard of guidelines for general methods of fan construction when handling potentially explosive or flammable particles, fumes or vapors.

SSPC: Steel Structures Painting Council.

STACK: A smokestack. Vertical pipe or flue designed to exhaust gases.

STANDARD AIR DENSITY: 0.075 lbs./ft3. Corresponds approximately to dry air at 70°F and 29.92 in. Hg.

STARTING TORQUE: The torque produced by a motor as it begins to turn from a standstill and accelerate. Sometimes called locked rotor torque.

STATIC BALANCE: The mechanical balance of a rotating part or assembly by adding weights to counter-balance gravitational rotating of the part without power driving it.

STATIC PRESSURE: The pressure exerted in all directions by a fluid. For a fluid in motion, it is measured perpendicular to the direction of flow, expressed in inches of water.

STATIC PRESSURE, COLD: The pressure caused by the resistance to air flow through the system if the gas were at standard conditions or colder, if this is a possibility.

STATIC PRESSURE, FAN: The static pressure for which a fan is to be selected based on system calculations: Fan SP = SP outlet – SP inlet – VP inlet

STATIC PRESSURE, HOT: The pressure caused by the resistance to air flow through the system at actual conditions. Measured in inches of water (WG).

STATOR: The stationary parts of a magnetic circuit with associated windings.

STREAMLINE FLOW: Fluid flow in which the velocity pressure and fluid density of a given particle remains constant with time.

STEL (SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE LIMIT): The employee’s 15-minute time weighted average exposure which cannot be exceeded at any time. STEL is set by OSHA for each pollutant and expressed in terms of ppm or mg/m.

STOICHIOMETRIC AIR: The exact quantity of air required to combine with the given fuel so that the ensuing combustion reaction is perfect and no free oxygen or unburned constituents remain. In reality, air in excess of the stoichiometric ratio is usually provided to encourage complete combustion of the fuel.

SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2): A heavy, pungent, colorless air pollutant formed primarily by the combustion of fossil fuels. It is a respiratory irritant, especially for asthmatics and is the major precursor to the formation of acid rain.

SULFUR OXIDES: Pungent, colorless gases formed primarily by the combustion of fossil fuels; considered major air pollutants. Sulfur oxides may damage the respiratory tract as well as vegetation.

SURGE LIMIT: That point near the peak of the pressure curve which corresponds to the minimum flow at which the fan can be operated without instability.

SWSI: Single-Width, Single-Inlet Centrifugal Fan.

SYNCHRONOUS SPEED: Rated motor speed expressed in RPM. Synchronous speed = 120 x frequency, divided by number of poles.

SYSTEM: A series of ducts, conduits, elbows, filters, diffusers, etc., designed to guide the flow of air, gas or vapor to and from one or more locations. A fan provides the energy necessary to overcome the system’s resistance to flow, and causes air or gas to flow through the system.

SYSTEM CURVE: Graphic presentation of the pressure versus volume flow rate characteristics of a particular system.

SYSTEM EFFECT: The effect on the performance of a fan resulting from the difference between the fan inlet and outlet connections to the actual system, and the standardized connections used in laboratory tests to obtain fan performance ratings.

SYSTEM GAS VOLUME: All gases flowing through the exhaust gas system (including excess air, scavenger air, leakage air).