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FUEL SHUT-OFF [4 records]

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Record 1 2008-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Aircraft Systems
DEF

A device by means of which the flow of fluid can be directed in any of several directions.

CONT

This aircraft fuel system includes two main tanks-one in each wing-that feed through a fuel tank selector valve to an accumulator tank mounted on the firewall, thence through a fuel shut-off valve into the engine compartment. The fuel tank selector valve is located on the cabin floor between the front seats. There is a vapour return line that returns vapour and excess fuel from the engine-driven fuel pump to the accumulator tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
CONT

Le circuit de carburant de l'avion comporte deux réservoirs principaux, un dans chaque aile, qui desservent, par l'intermédiaire d'un robinet sélecteur de réservoir carburant, un réservoir d'alimentation en carburant, fixé à la cloison pare-feu, qui est relié à un robinet d'arrêt de carburant situé dans le compartiment moteur.

OBS

robinet sélecteur : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance et Opérations aériennes.

PHR

Robinet sélecteur de réservoir carburant.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2007-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The report needs to be clarified and revised to provide scaling criteria for escalation of fission power, for fission power shut-off, for fuel response, for fission power feedback to vapour generation and possibly for pump coast-down.

Key term(s)
  • pump coast down

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Le rapport doit être éclairci et révisé pour fournir des critères de mise à l'échelle illustrant l'augmentation de la puissance de fission, l'arrêt de la puissance de fission, le comportement du combustible, la contre réaction due à la puissance de fission pour la production de vapeur et possiblement le ralentissement des pompes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
DEF

The time it takes an automatic valve to close completely after it is de-energized by a flame safeguard control.

CONT

Safety shut-off valve(SSOV)-the second of two valves in series, automatically opens and shuts off the fuel supply to the burner. On burners above 2, 500, 000 BTU/HR, the valve closing time is one(1) second maximum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Construction Methods
CONT

To decrease fuel transfer problems, organizations must use equipment such as shut-off devices for fuel nozzles, overflow detectors and vapour escape prevention devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Procédés de construction
CONT

De l'équipement est disponible, et on doit s'en servir pour atténuer les problèmes survenant au cours du transbordement, notamment des dispositifs de fermeture pour les buses à carburant ou à combustible, les détecteurs de débordement et les dispositifs empêchant l'échappement des vapeurs.

Spanish

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