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THROTTLING VALVE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-05

English

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

A valve that is used to restrict the flow of a fluid and to produce a pressure drop.

OBS

throttle valve; throttling valve: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

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

Robinet d'étranglement. Comme son nom l'indique, l'action d'étranglement intervient chaque fois qu'il s'agit de réduire ou de «freiner» dans une certaine mesure l'écoulement d'un fluide (gaz, vapeur, liquide) dans un conduit sans toutefois courir le danger d'une obturation totale.

OBS

robinet d'étranglement : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Refrigerating Machines and Appliances
OBS

suction pressure throttling valve; suction throttling valve: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

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

robinet d'étranglement de la pression d'aspiration; robinet d'étranglement d'aspiration : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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