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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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accumulator


1. vessel for storing low-pressure-side liquid refriger­ant; also known as a low-pressure receiver, surge drum, surge header, or surge tank.

2. pressure vessel whose volume is used in a refriger­ant circuit to reduce pulsation.

3. pressure vessel connected to more than one circuit of a pneumatic system to obtain the average pressure of the connected circuits.

4. apparatus to store cold by accumula­tion of ice on a coil.

 

 

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