REFRIGERATION AND AIRCONDITIONING

CHA'TER 8 - HEATING, VEN*LR,NC,

of does not
connected to evaporators (each separate section ^which
Liquid Receiver'a vessel permanently exceed 340 liters oi refrigerant containing
volume)'
by inlet and outlet pipes for storage of
a
ly"t"* coils' compress6rs, controls headers' pipes
"liquid refrigerant. "*p"niion
and PiPe fittings.
Machinery equipment including ay or all of the
' a substance which absorbs heat at a
following compressor, condenser, generator'
absorber' Refrigerant -
air handling io, p'r".tute and temperature and rejects heat at a
,"""ir"i connecting pipe, evaporator'.
heat exchanger' high Pressure and temPerature'
;;iG, dehumklifier, humidifier,
complete unit sYstem. a. Refrigerating System, Absorption a
-system
in which the refrigerant
Machinery Room ' a specific P9m- in whichandis
.
refrig6rating
gas"evolvet in the evaporator is taken up in
;;;;;;;ily installed and ope,rated Refriseratins
contained in absorber and released ih a generator upon
Air Conditioning machinery' Closets solely the aPPlication of heat'
*inin o[ening only into a room shall be
"noa Part of such room' System, Brine - an indirect
considered b. Refrigerating
-sysiem
refrig6rating employing brine as the
Machine Room, Class I - a room having
machine-ry
circulating liquid'
otrrerthanflameproducingapparatuspermanently
installed and operated and also having: i c. Refrigerating System,' Brine Spray - a
refrigErating lcnehe for cooling by a
mist or
and
a. Doors which are tight-fitting' fire-resisting' spray of brine'
self-closing.
fire d. Refrigeration System, Cascade one
b. Walls which are vapor-tight and of approved having two or mdre relrigerant circuits'
each
resistive construction' with a pressure-imposing element' condenser
one
air and evaporator, where the evaporator oJ
c. An exit door which opens directly to the outer circuit cools the condenser of another
(lower
or through a vestibule-type exit equipped with -
temPerature)'
self-closing, tight-fitting doors'
Refrigerating System, Gentral Point - a
Exterior. openings-'which, if present, are
not e.
or any open stairway' svstem with two or more low sides connected
under any iire escape
to a single, central high side; multiple system'
All pipes piercing thp interior walls or floor of f. Refrigerating System, Chilled Water ' an
rr"['toorn, tightly s6aled to the walls or floor indire-ct refrigeraiing system employing water
through which theY Pass.
as the circulating liquid.

f. Emergency remote controls located immediately g. Refrigerating System, Compression ' a

outsidL to stop the action of the refrigerator
refrigerating system in which the pressure-
compressor. impJtittg eiement is mechanically operated'
o. remote controls for the mechanical
" Emerqency Refrigerating System, Direct Expansion 'a
,""ni of ventilation located outside'
i"iiigErrting Iysiem in which the evaporator
is
i; ;ir;"i with the refrigerated material
Mechanical Joint - for the purpose of this
Code' a -"p"""co"ntact
or is located in air circulating
joining of metal parts ot
,e"n"ni"rf joint, obtained by the passages communicating with sucfi spaces'
ih;;gh a positive holding mechanical construction'

the Refrigeration SYstem, Flooded . ' a

Piping - pipe or tube mains for interconnecting i"iiigEoting system in which only part of the
varioui parts of a Refrigerating System' ;;i;i;;At"passins over the heat transfer
sepJrateO from the vapor and recirculated'
by a
Pressure Limiting Device - a valve held closed
.pti"g of other means and designed to automatically '
Refrigerating SYstem, lndirect a
relievL pressure in excess of its setting' ieiiigErating iystem in which a liquid' such
as
by the refrigerant' is
brin6 or witer cooled
Pressure Vessel any refrigerant containing
than the
;"-"p";L of a refrigerating system' other

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