working fluid

collocation in English

meaningsofworkingandfluid

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working
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kɪŋ/us
/ˈwɝː.kɪŋ/
relating ...
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fluid
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfluː.ɪd/us
/ˈfluː.ɪd/
a substance that flows and is ...
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(Definition ofworkingandfluidfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, it permitted the movement of the cylinder wall which had less inertia than theworkingfluid.
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The viscosity of theworkingfluidshould be checked frequently.
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To simulate such flows an experiment was designed with a piston cylinder geometry and with water as theworkingfluid.
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Theworkingfluidin the experiments was water.
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Light was scattered by small latex spheres introduced into theworkingfluidto achieve a good quality signal.
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A possible method of electric generation which does not involve moving parts is generation by electromagnetic induction using the highly conducting plasma of the reaction products as theworkingfluid.
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Since only oneworkingfluidwas used, the only parameters capable of being varied experimentally were the total radiative power and the temperature difference between the top and bottom boundaries.
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Heat from nuclear fission is passed to aworkingfluid(water or gas), which runs through turbines.
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The most common heat pipe for electronics thermal management has a copper envelope and wick, with water as theworkingfluid.
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This consists of a glass tube filled with mercury or some other liquid, which acts as theworkingfluid.
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The main reason for the effectiveness of heat pipes is the evaporation and condensation of theworkingfluid.
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Ammonia is the most commonworkingfluidfor spacecraft heat pipes.
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The lower temperature limit typically occurs a few degrees above the freezing point of theworkingfluid.
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One of the key criteria for selecting aworkingfluidis the desired operational temperature range of the application.
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In all of these systems aworkingfluidis heated by the concentrated sunlight, and is then used for power generation or energy storage.
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The receiver is a tube positioned right above the middle of the parabolic mirror and is filled with aworkingfluid.
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Theworkingfluidexits the evaporator as a gas near its dew point.
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Specific volume is a concept important in thermodynamics where the volume of aworkingfluidis often an important parameter of a system being studied.
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Like every power plant with a thermal engine, cooling is needed for theworkingfluid.
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