The component of a central receiver solar thermal system where reflected solar energy is absorbed and converted to thermal energy.

(1) The initial component or the sensing element of a measuring system. For example, the receiver of a rain gauge is the funnel which captures the rain and the receiver of a thermoelectric thermometer is the measuring thermocouple. (2) An instrument used ...

Tanks used for the storage of air discharged from compressors. They serve also to damp discharge line pulsations.

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Machines in which the compressing element is a piston having a reciprocating motion in a cylinder.

A form of steam engine where a piston moves back and forth inside a cylinder, transmitting its motion to a driving shaft by a connecting rod and crank.

Air that is returned from a heated or cooled space, reconditioned and/or cleaned, and returned to the space.

A type of solar heating system that circulate warm water from storage through the collectors and exposed piping whenever freezing conditions occur; obviously a not very efficient system when operating in this mode.

The record of courses steered and distances traveled since the time a ship's position was last fixed by shore or astronomical observations.

Changing the consignee or destination on a bill of lading while shipment is still in transit. Diversion has substantially the same meaning.

An instrument which automatically records the voltage applied to it, as a function of time.

A rain gauge which automatically records the amount of precipitation collected, as a function of time.

A right claim against the guarantors of a loan or draft or bill of exchange.

The maximum rope tension (in kilonewtons), measured at the drum commences to rotate in the direction of haul, the prime mover being set for maximum torque under automatic control and the rope being wound on the drum in a single layer.

Is that pressure of either motive fluid or discharge at which an ejector returns to stable operation following a period of unstable operation due to having previously reached the breaking pressure. There are two recovery pressures, one for motive fluid an ...

(1) Formation of a new, strain free grain structure from that existing in cold worked metal, usually accomplished by heating. (2) The change from one crystal structure to another, as occurs on heating or cooling through a critical temperature.

An electrical device for converting alternating current to direct current. The chamber in a cooling device where water is separated from the working fluid (for example ammonia).

A heat exchanger in which heat is recovered from the products of combustion.

Costs that are repetitive and occur when an organization produces similar goods or services on a continuing basis.

The process of converting materials that are no longer useful as designed or intended into a new product.