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Trip

Meaning in chemical engineering, with examples

/trɪp/nounCommon term

In chemical engineering, trip means: An automatic shutdown of a machine or unit by its protection system when a value goes past a safe limit, such as high pressure, low level or high vibration.

In Turkish: trip, otomatik duruş, emniyet duruşu

How it is used

Used constantly in operations. Equipment 'trips', 'trips on' a signal or 'is tripped'. Engineers investigate spurious trips (false trips), set trip points and check that each trip is tested. Also used as a verb.

Example sentences

  1. The furnace tripped on low fuel gas pressure at 3 a.m.

  2. We had three spurious trips last month because of a faulty level switch.

Common collocations

  • trip point
  • spurious trip
  • high-pressure trip
  • trip on
  • trip test
  • interlockAn automatic protective function that stops or prevents an action when a dangerous condition is detected, for example closing the feed valve on high reactor pressure.
  • shutdownStopping a unit or plant, either in a planned and controlled way or suddenly because of a fault or safety system action.
  • relief valveA spring-loaded valve that opens by itself when the pressure in a vessel or pipe goes above a set limit, releasing fluid to protect the equipment from bursting.
  • compressorA machine that raises the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. The main types are centrifugal, reciprocating and screw compressors.

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