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What is a flue?

What is a flue? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  2. An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
  3. (obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
  4. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
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Once ignited, the updraft of air within the flue will feed this chimney fire, causing it to grow rapidly and producing very high temperatures.
An undersized flue simply can't handle the volume of smoke produced, and some of it will spill back into the room.
This supply of fresh air is also important to help carry pollutants up the chimney, stovepipe, or flue to the outside.
However, Jon Goodwin, for the board, said work on items such as an extractor fan, fire door, gas flue and expansion joints was incomplete.
The flue gas is passed through an aqueous limestone slurry containing formic acid.
Chimneys are created to allow smoky air to escape, so unless the flue is closed, warm air escapes, and with it, your heating budget.

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