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DEAD END SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2000-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas and Oil Heating
DEF

The end of a pipe line which does not lead back to an oil storage tank, so the oil in that end of the line cannot be recirculated. A system which does not contain a return line to an oil storage tank, so the oil cannot be recirculated in a closed circuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage au gaz et au mazout
OBS

cul-de-sac : Extrémité d'une canalisation qui n'est pas raccordée au réseau de distribution par un circuit bouclé.

Spanish

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