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TOUR REFROIDISSEMENT TIRAGE NATUREL [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
DEF

A cooling tower relying on the natural circulation of air to achieve its cooling effect.

OBS

Seldom used now in refrigeration and air conditioning systems, having been supplanted by mechanical draught cooling tower.

OBS

natural draft cooling tower: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • natural-draft cooling tower
  • natural-draught cooling tower

French

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

Refroidisseur d'eau atmosphérique, dans lequel la circulation d'air est assurée par convection naturelle.

OBS

tour de refroidissement à tirage naturel : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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