Underfiring

Quick meaning: Underfiring is a noun meaning Intentional operation of a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.

Meaning

Intentional operation of a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.

More Meanings

1. The state of not burning fuel at the desired level, and thus not providing heat efficiently.
2. (also attributively) Heating from below.
3. (ceramics) The state of being insufficiently fired or underfired.
4. present participle and gerund of underfire

Example Sentences

Underfiring of steam boilers, though not approved in this country, is very largely practised in America, […]

Gas-burner maintenance should include these measures: […] Adjust gas input if combustion testing indicates overfiring or underfiring.

The designer believes that by this combination of a combustion-chamber with the underfiring grate the combustion of the fuel is improved.

In natural gas-fired boilers, gas pressure is critical to proper burner operation and efficient combustion. Variations in gas pressure may cause over- or underfiring of the boiler. […] Underfiring may cause flame instability and poor combustion efficiency due to high levels of excess air.

Antonyms for underfiring

Common opposites include overfiring.

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