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INSTALACION CALEFACCION [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
DEF

The whole system for heating an enclosed space.

OBS

The essential components of a system of central heating are an appliance in which fuel may be burned ...; a medium conveyed in pipes or ducts for transferring the heat ...; and an emitting apparatus in the spaces for releasing the heat ...

OBS

heating system: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
CONT

Installations de chauffage. Nous citerons, parmi les installations locales [...] les cheminées ou feux ouverts [...], les poêles à combustible [...] et les radiateurs électriques. Plus importantes sont les installations à centre unique de production de chaleur, dites à chauffage central. Le fluide vecteur de distribution peut être l'eau chaude [...], la vapeur [...] et l'air chaud.

CONT

Une installation de chauffage comporte toujours un ou plusieurs appareils générateurs de chaleur [...] Une installation de chauffage dit «central» comporte, en outre, un réseau de distribution [...]; des émetteurs de chaleur qui, au niveau du local à chauffer, cèdent à ce local la chaleur dont il a besoin. Une installation de chauffage peut aussi comporter un ou plusieurs appareils mécaniques qui assurent ou accélèrent la circulation du fluide chauffant.

OBS

installation de chauffage : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Calefacción
DEF

Instalación para calentar un espacio con objeto de conseguir condiciones de vida térmicamente óptimas.

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