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Record 1 2015-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
CONT

Rotary compressors are machines in which compression is effected by the positive displacement action of rotating elements.

OBS

"Rotary compressor" most often refers to positive displacement compressors, although it has sometimes been generalized to include centrifugal compressors as well (cf. for example ENSCI 1977, vol. 3, p. 380).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
CONT

[...] une réduction de volume, progressive ou instantanée, peut [...] être obtenue au moyen de dispositifs réalisant soit un mouvement de rotation pur, soit un mouvement de rotation combiné avec un mouvement alternatif. Les compresseurs ainsi conçus sont des appareils rotatifs volumétriques [...] Dans les compresseurs rotatifs volumétriques, l'aspiration et le refoulement sont toujours séparés [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
OBS

rotary compressor: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
OBS

compresseur rotatif : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
  • Refrigerating Machines and Appliances
CONT

Rotary compressors are characterized by their circular, or rotary, motion, instead of reciprocating motion. Their positive displacement compression process is nonreversing and either continuous or cyclical depending upon the mechanism employed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
  • Machines frigorifiques
CONT

Compresseurs volumétriques rotatifs. Dans un compresseur à pistons, l'augmentation de pression résulte de la diminution de volume à l'intérieur de chaque cylindre [...] [tandis que dans un compresseur volumétrique rotatif] cette diminution de volume [est] obtenue [...] par l'intermédiaire d'un mécanisme en rotation.

Key term(s)
  • compresseur rotatif
  • compresseur rotatif volumétrique

Spanish

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