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CONDENSATE RATE [6 records]

Record 1 2010-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
  • Heating
DEF

A pump for exhausting air [or steam] or other as from an enclosed space to a desired degree of vacuum.

CONT

These same basic components may be used in the design of a vacuum or a subatmospheric system. The vacuum heating pump maintains a vacuum in the return piping under all operating conditions, assisting the supply steam in overcoming the resistance of the system piping and assuring rapid and uniform steam distribution.

CONT

Vacuum pumps are used on a system where the returns are under a vacuum. The assembly consists of a receiver, separating tank and automatic controls for discharging the condensate to the boiler. Vacuum pumps are sized in the same manner as condensate pumps for a delivery of 2. 5 to 3 times the design condensing rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
  • Chauffage
CONT

Chauffage à pression sous-atmosphérique. [...] Les pompes à vide sont de deux sortes : 1. les pompes à piston, activées par la vapeur, aspirantes et foulantes, et, 2. les pompes centrifuges accouplées directement à un moteur électrique.

CONT

Chauffage à vapeur sous vide. Une pompe à vide permet d'obtenir dans l'installation une pression inférieure à la pression atmosphérique [...] Le vide est parfois réalisé à l'aide d'une pompe refoulant l'eau condensée dans la chaudière et munie d'un système d'injecteurs appropriés [...]

CONT

Pour les grands édifices [...] il est difficile de placer tous les échangeurs de chaleur au-dessus du niveau d'eau du générateur ou de la tuyauterie de retour. On utilise dans ce cas une pompe à vide qui maintient une pression inférieure à la pression atmosphérique (jusqu'à 650 mm de Hg) dans la tuyauterie générale de retour [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

The number of molecules which condense on a surface per square centimeter per second.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
CONT

The condensate that forms in the dryer cylinders is removed by a specially-designed syphon assembly.... at the high speeds of modern paper machines, the condensate layer has become so immobilized that even a very thin layer is a significant impediment to heat flow. Fortunately, the condensate layer still has some peripheral motion at high machine speed. This motion can be converted into a wave action by means of "dryer bars" attached axially to the interior surface of the dryer cylinder. This wave action(called "sloshing") greatly decreases the thermal resistance of the rimming condensate, and thus allows an increased rate of heat transfer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
  • Fabrication du papier

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

The rate of change of temperature with height in a rising air parcel when, under the most simplified conditions, the condensate(assumed to be water) immediately precipitates out.

OBS

The pseudoadiabatic lapse rate is so close to the moist adiabatic lapse rate that meteorologists tend to ignore this difference and often refer to them synonymously. In fact, on adiabatic charts (or pseudoadiabatic charts), the moist adiabatic lapse rate lines are referred to interchangeably as moist, saturated, or pseudoadiabatic.

Key term(s)
  • pseudo adiabatic lapse rate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Taux de variation de la température avec l'altitude dans une particule d'air ascendante quand, dans les conditions les plus simples, le condensat (de l'eau par hypothèse) tombe immédiatement sous forme de précipitation.

Key term(s)
  • gradient pseudo-adiabatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Tasa de cambio de la temperatura con la altitud en una partícula de aire ascendente, cuando, en las condiciones más simplificadas, precipita inmediatamente el condensado (que se supone de agua).

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Record 5 1985-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
CONT

A district steam-heating complex is composed of one or more steam generating plants, a network of mains, and meters on the premises of each customer.... The rate of flow of steam is accomplished through a steam-flow meter or a condensate meter. A steam-flow meter measures the pressure difference from the high-pressure input connection to the low-pressure outlet. This difference is translated into a measure of energy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • HVAC Distribution Systems
CONT

A district steam-heating complex is composed of one or more steam generating plants, a network of mains, and meters on the premises of each customer.... The rate of flow of steam is accomplished through a steam-flow meter or a condensate meter.... A condensate meter is less expensive than a steam-flow meter, but its use depends on the ability to collect the condensate for measurement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Distribution et évacuation (chauffage et conditionnement d'air)

Spanish

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