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GAZ NON CONDENSABLE [2 records]

Record 1 2001-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

Gas in a refrigerating system which does not condense at the temperature and partial pressure at which it exists in the condenser, therefore imposing a higher head pressure on the system.

Key term(s)
  • non condensible gas
  • uncondensible gas
  • uncondensable gas
  • not condensible gas
  • not condensable gas

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
DEF

Les gaz non condensables sont des gaz parasites (généralement de l'air) qui subsistent (ou peuvent subsister) dans un circuit frigorifique à l'état gazeux, sous les conditions de température et de pression propres au système considéré. Ces gaz n'interviennent pas dans le processus de refroidissement [...] et par conséquent ne peuvent que nuire au rendement du système. Ils doivent donc être éliminés par un quelconque procédé de dégazage [...]

Key term(s)
  • gaz non-condensable

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 1997-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The design of the plant shall be such that, following an accident, it is possible to isolate all engineered sources of compressed air and other non-condensable gases leading into the containment atmosphere, other than those required for the operation of necessary equipment.

CONT

The incondensable gases have to be evacuated from the reactor; they can be washed or burnt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

La conception de la centrale doit assurer que, après un accident, il est possible d'isoler toute source mécanique d'air comprimé et de gaz non condensables conduisant à l'atmosphère de l'enceinte de confinement, sauf celles qui servent au fonctionnement du matériel nécessaire.

Spanish

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