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| ebullator (turbulator, turbulence promot |
device inserted in flooded evaporator tubes to
prevent the evaporator from becoming oil-bound or the refrigerant liquid from
becom-ing quiescent at a pressure lower than its boiling point. |
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| economizer | 1.
device that, on proper variable sensing, initiates control signals or actions
to conserve energy. Note: The
economizer decision should be made at a fixed outside air temperature, or by
comparing return and outside air tempera-tures, or by comparing the return and
outside air total heat (enthalpy).
2.
control system that reduces the mechanical heating and cooling requirement.
Usually refers to use of outside air, but with logic to maintain a fixed
minimum of outside air and to take only the minimum amount of outside air when
the total heat of the return air exceeds the total heat of the outside air. |
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| eddy current |
electric current induced in the body of a
conductor when that conductor either moves through a non-uniform magnetic field
or is in a region where there is a change in magnetic flux. |
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| eddy current test |
nondestructive test in which the change of
impedance of a test coil brought close to a conducting speci-men indicates the
eddy currents induced by the coil, thereby indicat-ing certain properties or
defects of the specimen; for example, thickness. eddy flow see turbulent flow |
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| EDR |
equivalent direct radiation. See thermal
radiation |
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| effective temperature |
use operative temperature |
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| ejector | in a fluid-carrying
pipe, a device with a reduced diameter to increase the fluid velocity
sufficiently to induce a lower static pressure at that point to draw another
fluid into the line. See also injector; venturi |
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| elastomer |
material that can be stretched markedly and
repeatedly and, immediately on release of the stress, returns to its
approximate original length |
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| electric current | movement or flow of charge in an electrical
circuit, measured in amperes |
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| electric current single phasing | interruption of any one conductor in a
three-phase system |
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