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steam quality [2 records]

Record 1 2011-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
OBS

The temperature of the steam is determined by the injection pressure, but its quality ... by the characteristics of the steam generating unit. Most units utilized in oil fields put out 80% quality steam and require very high quality feedwater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
DEF

Qualité de la vapeur saturante habituellement définie comme la masse de vapeur sèche contenue dans l'unité de vapeur humide.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

In a liquid/vapor diphasic flow, the ratio between the mass flow of the vapor phase and the total mass flow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

Dans un écoulement diphasique, liquide et vapeur, rapport entre le débit massique de la phase vapeur et le débit massique total.

OBS

L'équivalent en anglais est «steam quality» dans le cas de l'eau et, dans le cas des autres fluides, «vapour quality» (Grande-Bretagne) ou «vapor quality» (États-Unis).

Spanish

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