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pressurize

[′presh·ə‚rīz]
(engineering)
To maintain normal atmospheric pressure in a chamber subjected to high or low external pressures.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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This kind of market calls for small pressurized LPG vessels.
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In the pressurized hybrid system, air pressurized by the MGT's compressor is supplied to SOFCs and used as oxidant; then the thermal energy and pressure of the high-temperature exhaust gas from the SOFC module are transferred to the MGT to be used, together with the unreacted portion of the gas, to produce electricity.
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According to ThermoEnergy, the technology that UPA is developing (that the DOE will support) is called pressurized oxy-combustion.
And, yet another problem solved by the pressurized system of GEIGERRIG- The pressurized system of GEIGERRIG hydration packs makes refilling easy and convenient, affording much greater opportunities and realities for in-line filtration, and therefore much greater access and use of water found in streams, rivers, creeks, ponds, lakes, etc.
Pressurized (System 1) 1:0.9:0.8--Turbulent flow, incomplete runner filling, vena contracta (effective choke) at the runner/gate junctions, and splashing of liquid were apparent throughout the filling process.
Any plan to pressurize multiple portions of the building would have to be carefully evaluated, because to indiscriminately pressurize more than one area within the building could result in the pressurized areas being sources of smoke for areas that are left un-pressurized.
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