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BACK PRESSURE REGULATOR [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-05

English

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

[An] automatic pressure regulating valve mounted in suction line between evaporator outlet and compressor inlet.

OBS

[Its] purpose is to maintain a predetermined pressure and temperature in the evaporator.

OBS

evaporator pressure regulator; back pressure regulator; constant pressure valve: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • two temperature valve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
DEF

Robinet automatique, placé à la sortie d'un évaporateur, agissant sous l'effet de la pression à l'entrée du robinet et étranglant le flux de vapeur pour empêcher la pression d'évaporation de descendre au-dessous d'une valeur fixée.

OBS

régulateur de pression d'évaporation; robinet à pression constante : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diesel Motors

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs diesel
OBS

Partie d'un système d'injection K-Jetronic.

Spanish

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