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Torrefaction

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torrificationnountorrefaction
seasoningnoun(cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
pyroconversionnounA dry heat treatment of starch, causing dextrinization.
toastingnounThe action of making a toast (celebratory call to drink).
redriernounA machine for redrying some material, such as partially processed tobacco or glued wood.
hot-fluenouna chamber, heated by a fire, used for drying
destructive distillationnoun(organic chemistry, physical chemistry) The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high temperature such as to cause decomposition; the principal products include oils and tars from which many useful organic compounds may be obtained; town gas and coke were obtained in this way.
xerificationnounThe drying of a region.
rettingnounThe act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and similar processes.
dewrettingnounThe process of decomposing or loosening the gummy bast fibre from the stem of flax and hemp, by outdoor exposure, to dew, rain, and sunshine.
arefactionnoun(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
thermal desorptionnounThe removal of contaminants from soil etc. by heating
dryingnounA method of food preservation by removing water.
retortnounA sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
weatherizationnoun(US) The process of weatherizing.
infumationnounThe quality of being infumate (translucent with a smoky appearance.)
thermal oxidizernounA device for treating air pollutants of all types, especially VOCs and odours, by burning the gases in an oven at about 800ºC for about 1 second.
waterproofingnounThe treatment of something to make it waterproof.
regenerative thermal oxidizernounA type of thermal oxidizer for treating air pollutants of all types, especially VOCs and odours, by burning the gases in an oven at about 800ºC for about 1 second, while recuperating nearly all of the heat generated from the combustion of said pollutants to pre-heat the entering polluted air using a ceramic heat exchanger, thus greatly reducing energy costs. Often called an RTO.
parchingnounThe condition of being parched; absolute dryness.

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