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  • BS 4727-2:GRP10(1985) : 1985

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    GLOSSARY OF ELECTROTECHNICAL POWER TELECOMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS LIGHTING AND COLOUR TERMS - TERMS PARTICULAR TO POWER ENGINEERING - INDUSTRIAL ELECTROHEATING TERMINOLOGY

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1985

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Guide to the glossary
    Foreword
    Glossary
    210.1 Terms common to several methods of heating
    210.11 General terms
            General terms relating to heat generation and
            utilization
            General terms relating to physical trans-
            formations involving heat
            General terms relating to heat transmission
    210.12 Furnace technology and operation
            General terms
            Terms relating to loading, unloading and
            transport of the charge
            Discontinuous furnaces
            Continuous furnaces
            Furnace atmospheres
    210.13 Applications
            Melting
            Heat treatment of metals
    210.2 Terms related to particular methods of heating
    210.21 Resistance heating
            General terms
            Terms relating to heat generation
            Equipment in use
            Components
    210.22 Infra-red heating
    210.23 Arc heating
            General terms
            Terms relating to heat generation
            Equipment in use
            Components
    210.24 Induction heating
    210.25 Dielectric heating
    210.26 Microwave heating
    210.27 Electron beam heating
    210.28 Plasma heating
    Alphabetical index

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    A glossary of terms associated with the power engineering industry with particular emphasis to industrial electroheating. It covers terms relating to heat generation and utilization, terms relating to physical transformations involving heat, terms relating to heat transmission, furnace technology and operation, terms relating to loading, unloading and transport of the charge, discontinuous and continuous furnaces, furnace atmospheres, applications, melting, heat treatment of metals, resistance heating, terms relating to heat generation, equipment in use, components, infra-red, arc, induction, dielectric, microwave, electron beam and plasma heating.

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    Committee GEL/1
    Development Note Supersedes BS 2759(1956) & 78/31628 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2008. (11/2008)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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