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COMPOUND REFRIGERATING SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 1988-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Refrigerating Machines and Appliances
DEF

System which has several compressors or compressor cylinders in series. The system is used to pump low-pressure vapors to condensing pressures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Machines frigorifiques
OBS

refrigerating system = système frigorifique, DIFRA, 1970, 78; compound compressor = compresseur compound, DIFRA, 1970, 96.

OBS

Machines frigorifiques (...) systèmes à compression (...) Pour les systèmes à deux étages, un seul compresseur polycylindrique à pistons, dit compound, peut assurer les fonctions du compresseur basse pression et du compresseur haute pression.

Spanish

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