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THERMOSTATIC EXPANSION VALVE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Refrigeration Engineering
DEF

A valve automatically controlling by throttling the flow of liquid refrigerant to an evaporator according to change in temperature of refrigerant leaving the evaporator.

OBS

It is basically responsive to superheat ...

OBS

constant superheat valve; thermal expansion valve; thermostatic expansion valve; TEV: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Techniques du froid
CONT

[...] un détendeur thermostatique ne règle pas directement la pression d'évaporation, mais contrôle le remplissage en liquide de l'évaporateur en fonction de la surchauffe [...] des vapeurs quittant l'évaporateur.

OBS

détecteur thermostatique; détendeur à surchauffe constante : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

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