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RETURN FUEL LINE [4 records]

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Record 1 2016-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A line from the fuel pump to the fuel tank; allows vapor that has formed in the fuel pump to return to the fuel tank.

OBS

vapor return line: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • vapour return line
  • fuel vapour recovery line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

canalisation de retour des vapeurs : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 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 3 2008-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

The hot hydraulic fluid discharged from [the] case drain module is cooled in a heat exchanger by fuel drawn from the fuel system of [the] airplane and circulated through a heat exchanger coil in [the] module. The heat exchanger is connected to [the] case drain module by a line, and the cooled hydraulic fluid is returned to [the] reservoir via [a] return filter module through a heat exchanger discharge line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

module de drainage de carter : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 4 1982-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diesel Motors
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
OBS

Return fuel line carries excess fuel from injection back to the tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs diesel
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
OBS

Tuyau partant du moteur et ramenant dans le réservoir à essence l'excédent provenant de l'injection.

Spanish

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