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English term or phrase:
liquid flashes
Croatian translation:
vrlo nagla promjena stanja (iz tekućine u plin)
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liquid flashes
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Jan 31, 2010 09:13: Gordana Podvezanec changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/44071">Gordana Podvezanec's</a> old entry - "liquid flashes"" to ""vrlo nagla promjena stanja (iz tekućine u plin)""
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vrlo nagla promjena stanja (iz tekućine u plin)
This "flash" is not the "flash" of "flash point" but instead, refers to the rapid, spontaneous change from a liquid to a gas (due to decompression) because it happens very, very, very quickly. It's all over in a "flash", you might say
change from a high pressure liquid to a low pressure liquid/gas mixture
Will not suddenly and spontaneously go from a liquid state to a gaseous state due to a sudden drop in pressure.
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Miroslav Peric: Englesko-Hrvatski encikl. rijecnik istr. i pr. nafte i plina
radi se o fenomenu kada je energent bio suspregnut pod točkom višom od svoje točke sagorijevanja, te pri oslobađanju, on reagira još žešće nego kod sagorijevanja: eskplozivno bljesne, recimo, ali to ne zvuči ok.
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trenutni (iznenadni) bljesak??
At the flash point the application of a naked flame gives a momentary flash rather than sustained combustion, for which the temperature is too low.
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This "flash" is not the "flash" of "flash point" but instead, refers to the rapid, spontaneous change from a liquid to a gas (due to decompression) because it happens very, very, very quickly. It's all over in a "flash", you might say :)
As the high pressure liquid refrigerant goes through the TXV, it is exposed to the lower pressure of the evaporator which is created by the compressor.
This exposure causes the refrigerant to start to "flash" or change from a high pressure liquid to a low pressure liquid/gas mixture.
This existing mixture has heavy liquid at the bottom and the lighter vapor at the top.