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working fluid [2 records]

Record 1 1990-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
  • Refrigeration Engineering
DEF

... substance that through which changes of temperature, volume and pressure is the means of carrying out thermodynamic processes or cycles (as in a heat engine or a refrigerating machine).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
  • Techniques du froid
DEF

Dans une machine thermodynamique, fluide auquel on fait subir une série de transformations cycliques, en vue de la production d'une forme d'énergie utile.

CONT

L'air, la vapeur d'eau, les fréons sont des fluides thermodynamiques courants.

Spanish

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