Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Sumidero sifónico

English translation:

Syphon drain

Added to glossary by outlier
Jan 9, 2003 22:34
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term

sumidero sifónico

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering
It's a specific kind of drain, any ideas as to how to translate 'sifónico'.

http://www.rohso.com/sumideros.htm
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 syphon drain
4 siphonic drain

Proposed translations

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syphon drain

This makes sense to me. See refs.

"The softener works on a syphoning principle. Water is diverted to the dispenser during the fill causing it to overflow thru the drain tube. When the water cuts off, the vacuum in the drain tube empties the dispenser. It could be that:
1) the syphon drain tube is clogged, or
2) the cam that diverts water into the dispenser is not working properly."

There are basically two types of steam jacketed kettles-fixed
gravity drain and tilting syphon drain. Each type requires ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi) : right!
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agree daniel gwire
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siphonic drain

Building Design and Construction - Defying gravity - [ Traduzir esta página ]
... challenge, the design team for the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC)
now under construction has elected to use a siphonic drain system that will ...
www.bdcmag.com/esec/Article_221338.htm - Páginas Semelhantes

Features Item : Fundamentals of Siphonic Roof Drainage - [ Traduzir esta página ]
... the lifetime of the building. The key to a siphonic system, apart from
the siphonic drain, is the downpipe. Once the piping is filled ...
www.pmengineer.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/ BNP__Features__Item/0,2732,21863,00.html - 34k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes

[PDF]IMAGINATION SOLAR LTD Installation Guide 2: Installing and ...
Formato do arquivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Ver em HTML
... No pipe from the back of the panel should go upwards. The reason for this is to
ensure the removal of any water left in the pipes after siphonic drain-back. ...
www.imaginationsolar.com/PDFs/Install-2.pdf
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