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REFRIGERANT SUCTION [5 records]

Record 1 2013-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freezing and Refrigerating

French

Domaine(s)
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Refrigerators and Freezers
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
DEF

Condition in which liquid refrigerant flows from evaporator into suction line; usually indicated by sweating or frosting of the suction line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réfrigérateurs et congélateurs domestiques
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
DEF

Givre qui se forme sur la canalisation d'aspiration et le carter du compresseur quand une quantité appréciable de frigorigène est amenée au carter par cette même canalisation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
  • Heat Exchangers
DEF

A colloquial term used in respect of the vaporized or evaporated refrigerant drawn from the evaporator along the suction line to the compressor.

OBS

suction gas: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
  • Échangeurs de chaleur
OBS

gaz d'aspiration : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Refrigeration Engineering
DEF

A valve which regulates the suction pressure of the refrigerant entering the compressor to a predetermined maximum, in order to prevent the compressor's electric motor overloading...

OBS

crankcase pressure regulator; hold-back valve; suction pressure regulator: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • hold back valve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Techniques du froid
OBS

régulateur de pression d'aspiration : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Refrigerating Machines and Appliances
DEF

Valve that permits small flow of refrigerant to enter low side of systems to cool suction gas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines frigorifiques
OBS

Desuperheating coil/élement désurchauffeur : Échangeur thermique, précédant le condenseur ou incorporé à celui-ci, destiné à absorber tout ou partie de la chaleur de surchauffe.

Spanish

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