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Compressors are used to cool refrigerators by converting low-pressure refrigerant into a high-pressure vapor.
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Compressors are used to cool refrigerators by converting low-pressure refrigerant into a high-pressure vapor.
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Compressors circulated chilled air behind the ice walls and blew it into the room through cut-outs near the floor, encouraging the ice to sublime and convert to vapor instead of melt.
Mr. Freeze: How Julian Bayley Turns Ice Cubes Into Ice Castles 2008
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Compressors circulated chilled air behind the ice walls and blew it into the room through cut-outs near the floor, encouraging the ice to sublime and convert to vapor instead of melt.
Mr. Freeze: How Julian Bayley Turns Ice Cubes Into Ice Castles 2008
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Compressors, limiters etc.. can be helpful in a live situation.
New Podcasting Setup 2005
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Less than two weeks after announcing 290 layoffs at the Bristol Virginia plant, parent company Johnson Controls announced Friday it "has begun exploring various strategic alternatives for its Bristol Compressors business," according to a statement Friday morning on PRNewswire. link The loss of 290 jobs in Bristol is going to be a severe blow to the local economy.
Archive 2006-01-01 2006
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Compressors in two of the primary test stands were considered to be credible risks as a contamination source.
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Compressors in two of the primary test stands were considered to be credible risks as a contamination source.
NASA Watch: Shuttle News 1997-2003: December 2000 Archives 2000
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Compressors built on this system have shown the highest isothermal results, that is, by means of a finely divided spray of cold water the heat of compression has been absorbed to a point where the compressed air has been discharged at a temperature nearly equal to that at which it was admitted to the cylinder.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 Various
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In firing to leeward, the Compressors are not wanted, except to secure the gun in its place when in.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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