VorTek SonoPro Professional S36 Series, Instruction Manual

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Series S36 Instruction Manual Appendix F Glossary of Terms
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Appendix F Glossary of Terms
A B C D
A Cross sectional area.
ACFM
Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute (volumetric flow rate).
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
BTU
British Thermal Unit, an energy measurement.
Compressibility
A f actor used to correct for the non-ideal changes in
Factor
a fluid’s density due to changes in temperature and/or pressure.
CSA
Canadian Standards Association.
D
Diameter of a flow channel.
E F G H
Flow Channel
A pipe, duct, stack, or channel containing flowing fluid.
Flow Profile
A map of the fluid velocity vector (usually non-uniform) in a cross-sectional
plane of a f low channel (usually along a diameter).
FM
Factory Mutual.
Ft
Foot, 12 inches, a measure of length.
Ft^2
Square f eet, measure of area.
Ft^3
Cubic f eet, measure of volume.
GPM
Gallons Per Minute.
Hz
Hertz, cycles per second.
I J K L
Joule
A unit of energy equal to one watt for one second. Also equal to a Newton-
meter.
LCD
Liquid crystal display.
M N O P
m
Mass f low rate.