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AIR COOLED [1 record]

Record 1 2010-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooling and Ventilating Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
CONT

air-cooled machine, transformer, etc. ... A machine, transformer or other piece of apparatus, in which the heat occasioned by the losses is carried away solely by means of air. The flow of air over the heated surfaces may be due to natural convection or may be produced by a fan.

OBS

air-cooled: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick) in 1990.

PHR

Air-cooled machine, transformer.

Key term(s)
  • air cooled

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de refroidissement et de ventilation
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

[Qui est] refroidi en utilisant l'air comme fluide réfrigérant.

OBS

à refroidissement par air : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR en 1974.

OBS

refroidi à l'air : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques du Nouveau-Brunswick en 1990.

PHR

Moteur à refroidissement par air.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Systemas de enfriamiento y ventilación
  • Electrotecnia
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