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return air fan [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
DEF

A fan which extracts air from an air-conditioned space and returns it to a central air-conditioning system.

OBS

The synonym "return fan" appears in the definition of the term "return system", in the source ARCCO 1975, p. 405.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)
CONT

Suivant la position du ventilateur sur ce réseau [de transport d'air], le ventilateur est dit introducteur, extracteur ou recycleur; (...) un recycleur (...) souffle dans un local l'air repris dans ce même local; associé à un dispositif de filtration ou d'épuration d'air, il permet d'assainir l'atmosphère du local.

Spanish

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