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TRIP TEST [5 records]

Record 1 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire Safety
  • Pipes and Fittings
OBS

trip test : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité incendie
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flights (Air Transport)
  • Organization Planning
OBS

Pre-Flight Planning Procedures – The examiner may assign the cross-country route prior to the day of the flight test. A two-leg trip with an intermediate stop will be planned. Flight planning software is allowed, but during the evaluation, the examiner will ask the candidate to manually... recalculate one leg in response to a scenario, such as a change in upper wind or an altitude change.

Key term(s)
  • pre-flight planning procedure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
  • Planification d'organisation
CONT

Procédures de planification avant vol – L’examinateur peut assigner la route du vol de navigation avant la date du test en vol. La planification vise un vol de navigation en deux étapes comprenant une escale. Le candidat peut utiliser un logiciel de planification de vol, mais pendant l’évaluation, l’examinateur demandera au candidat de recalculer manuellement [...] une étape du vol en fonction d’un scénario, comme un changement d’altitude ou du vent en altitude.

Key term(s)
  • procédure de planification avant vol

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire Safety
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
CONT

Firecycle [extinguishing] systems require a full flow trip test that fills the system with water once a year. This maintenance requirement further increases corrosion, and accumulation of foreign matter in the piping system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité incendie
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
CONT

Les installations [d'extinction] à fonctionnement cyclique exigent un test de déclenchement à plein débit qui remplit les canalisations une fois l'an. Cet entretien augmente encore la corrosion et l'accumulation de substances étrangères dans la tuyauterie.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measurements of Electricity
CONT

On July 14, 1981, while performing the monthly load test on diesel generator 2(DG2), the diesel generator tripped and locked out due to jacket water temperature exceeding the trip setpoint of 200 degrees F.

CONT

Load test generator. Standby motor generators should be load tested for at least 30 minutes after the unit reaches stable operating temperature. Load testing should be executed after any maintenance has been performed. (1) Verify frequency and voltage output. (2) Verify instrumentation for correct indications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures de grandeurs électriques
CONT

Essai en charge de la machine à courant continu...La charge est une génératrice synchrone alimentant une résistance variable triphasée.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Nuclear Power Stations
CONT

The preferred sensor test is that which manipulates the input variable till it reaches the trip set point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Centrales nucléaires
CONT

L'essai de détection recommandé est celui qui permet de manipuler les variables d'entrée jusqu'à ce qu'elles atteignent le point de consigne de déclenchement.

Spanish

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