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compresseur non volumétrique [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
CONT

Compressors ... may be broadly classified as positive-displacement or nonpositive-displacement machines according to whether or not there is incorporated in the compressor a mechanism functioning in the manner of a check valve to separate the high-pressure discharge from the low-pressure suction. Nonpositive-displacement compressors contain no parts having this function.

OBS

non-positive displacement compressor: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • nonpositive displacement compressor
  • non positive displacement compressor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
OBS

compresseur non volumétrique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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