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GAZ NON-CONDENSABLE [1 record]

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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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