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  2. Backflow - Wikipedia

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    Backflow occurs for one of two reasons, either back pressure or back siphonage. [1] Back pressure is the result of a higher pressure in the system than in its supply, i.e. the system pressure has been increased by some means. This may occur in unvented heating systems, where thermal expansion increases the pressure. Back siphonage is the result ...

  3. Ultrasonography of chronic venous insufficiency of the legs

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    On releasing the pressure, if the valves are incompetent the flow will appear as a retrograde flow or reflux, greater than 0.5 sec. [2] Paraná maneuver: checking perforators Testing sapheno-popliteal junction with Paraná maneuver. The Paraná maneuver makes use of a proprioceptive reflex to test venous

  4. Backfeeding - Wikipedia

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    A common source of unintentional backfeeding is an electrical generator (typically a portable generator) that is improperly connected to a building electrical system.A properly installed electrical generator incorporates the use of a transfer switch or generator interlock kit to ensure the incoming electrical service line is disconnected when the generator is providing power to the building.

  5. Siphon - Wikipedia

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    Back siphonage is not to be confused with backflow; which is the reversed flow of water from the outlet end to the supply end caused by pressure occurring at the outlet end. [51] Also, building codes usually demand a check valve where the water supply enters a building to prevent backflow into the drinking water system.

  6. Pressure regulator - Wikipedia

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    A typical nominal regulated gauge pressure from a medical oxygen regulator is 3.4 bars (50 psi), for an absolute pressure of approximately 4.4 bar and a pressure ratio of about 4.4 without back pressure, so they will have choked flow in the metering orifices for a downstream (outlet) pressure of up to about 2.3 bar absolute.

  7. Check valve - Wikipedia

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    A stop-check valve is a check valve with override control to stop flow regardless of flow direction or pressure. In addition to closing in response to backflow or insufficient forward pressure (normal check-valve behavior), it can also be deliberately shut by an external mechanism, thereby preventing any flow regardless of forward pressure.

  8. Separator (oil production) - Wikipedia

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    A back pressure valve on the gas outlet to maintain a steady pressure in the vessel. Pressure relief devices. Separators work on the principle that the three components have different densities , which allows them to stratify when moving slowly with gas on top, water on the bottom and oil in the middle.

  9. Choked flow - Wikipedia

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    The flow then decelerates through the diverging section and exhausts into the ambient as a subsonic jet. In this state, lowering the back pressure increases the flow speed everywhere in the nozzle. [13] When the back pressure, p b, is lowered enough, the flow speed is Mach 1 at the throat, as in figure 1b. The flow pattern is exactly the same ...