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CALEFACCION LOCAL [3 records]

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Record 1 2007-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
DEF

A self-contained heating appliance, which may or may not include an integral fan for circulating air, which may be of the floor-mounted or suspended type, intended for the heating of the space in which it is installed.

CONT

... unit heaters in present use can usually be classified according to one or more methods: 1. By Heating Medium ... a) steam, b) hot water, c) gas indirect-fired, d) oil indirect-fired, e) electric. 2. By Type of Fan ... a) propeller, b) centrifugal, and c) remote air mover ... 3. By Arrangement of Elements ... a) the draw-through type, in which the fan draws air through and b) the blow-through type, in which the fan blows air through the heating element. Indirect-fired unit heaters are always of the blow-through type.

CONT

A unit heater [means] a forced convection heating device of two types: 1) an assembly of encased heating surface with fan and motor (or turbine) and for connection to a source of steam or hot water; 2) an assembly of the above plus a fuel burner so that the device is for connection to a source of oil or gas (or supplied with coal) and not to steam or water lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
DEF

Appareil autonome de chauffage comprenant un ventilateur et un élément chauffant, pulsant directement l'air chaud dans le local à chauffer.

CONT

L'aérotherme peut être à chauffage direct, avec le mazout ou le gaz comme source de chaleur, ou à chauffage indirect; il comporte alors un corps de chauffe en tube de cuivre ou en tube d'acier avec ailettes. Les aérothermes comprennent un groupe moto-ventilateur qui peut être hélicoïde [...] ou centrifuge [...] L'aérotherme comporte de plus une carcasse sur laquelle sont branchées une ou plusieurs bouches de chauffage. À sa partie basse est prévue la reprise d'air. Très souvent, une autre tubulure est prévue pour l'alimentation en air neuf [...] Ces appareils, prévus pour le chauffage des grandes surfaces [ateliers, entrepôts], peuvent être suspendus, muraux ou sur socles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hornos y calderas (Calefacción)
DEF

Aparato de calefacción consistente en una fuente de calor y un ventilador que inyecta directamente el aire caliente en el local que se ha de caldear.

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Record 2 2007-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shelters (Horticulture)
  • Types of Constructed Works
DEF

A building made mainly of glass, in which the temperature and humidity can be regulated for the cultivation of delicate or out-of-season plants.

OBS

Hothouses and forcing houses are also types of greenhouses

OBS

In Britain, a greenhouse is a place for drying ceramic ware before firing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Abris (Horticulture)
  • Types de constructions
DEF

Enceinte dont la couverture, transparente à la lumière naturelle, permet la culture de végétaux à des périodes ou en des régions où le climat l'interdirait en plein air.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Umbráculos (Horticultura)
  • Tipos de construcciones
DEF

Local de techo vidriado [...] complementado con un sistema de calefacción que permite regular la temperatura ambiente y criar, en un lugar de clima frío o templado, plantas oriundas de climas más cálidos.

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Record 3 2003-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
CONT

Zone heating. Possible with either forced-air or hydronic systems, its purpose is to send heat only to the section (zone) of the house that requires it, and not to sections that are already warm enough.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
CONT

[...] un industriel français a conçu une pompe à chaleur air-air réversible ou non, adaptée au mode de chauffage ou de climatisation divisé ou modulable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Calefacción
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