emergency valve

The emergency valve had already shut, sealing off this section.

These emergency valves, here and here, shut tight if the line is broken.

The central control station two decks below where they sat actually distributed power and controlled the position of emergency valves.

The crew must then reset the emergency valve (by going out the front door of the train) before proceeding.

Statoil in May said it began its investigation after testing of emergency valves caused the incident.

The torpedomen were unable to close the emergency valves until she had taken on approximately 14 tons of water.

"I think the cells use them as emergency valves so the only time they open is when cells are under extreme stress," he explains.

The most common crisis is a slug of cold water surging in through the emergency valve, which will trigger increased fission.

On the syndicate sites oil traps were installed with emergency valves to deal with spills.

They are effectively emergency valves that allow the release of raw or diluted sewage into rivers to avoid potential problems in drains.

The reactor and the piping around it are protected against over-pressurization by an emergency valve that opens before the pipes burst.

Muttering, he jerked it out of the emergency valve, which closed automatically, and turned to the manual spill valve.

Once the train has stopped, the braking system will not recharge (pressurize) until the emergency valve has been closed.

Derec took one of the bottles to the lock, shoved its bayonet fitting into the lock's emergency valve, and opened the bottle.

Best solution would be to jam the emergency valves closed to prevent blowing and jam the torpedo tubes open to keep the sea coming in.

This property of MscL fulfills its role as an emergency valve to release solutes under osmotic shock.

The leak was in a gasket in a bell-shaped compartment that serves as an emergency valve, akin to that on a pressure cooker.

Even as cars were coming to a stop behind the tractor-trailer, emergency valves automatically began to release some of the oxygen as vapor, Chief Norum said.

If, for instance, there is no returning water, because of a chronic system failure, an emergency valve will open, and seawater will gush in from outside the hull.

Providing the area has been correctly primed, the paint may be applied to walls, ceilings, doors, stairways, fire escapes, electrical switch boards and emergency valves etc.

But tonight, Mr. Quinn said, it remained unclear if any radiation at all escaped and wafted into the night air before an emergency valve shut and shunted any gas back into the sealed dome.

This development is especially noticeable in the area of safeguards, which some countries seem to be using rather as routine measures of protectionism instead of an "emergency valve", intended to counter unexpected surges in imports.

Relay Emergency Valve: A combination valve in an air brake system, which also controls brake application and which, also, provides for automatic trailer brake application should the trailer become disconnected from the towing vehicle.

With vacuum brakes, a clappet valve is provided, which is released by the pulling of the alarm chain; with air brakes, there is a similar passenger emergency valve which can vent the brake pipe to the air.

Mr. Parack said the D.O.T. thinks the island's fire system and the emergency valves that shut off the flow of gas to the pumps upon a major impact had worked properly and that the fuel involved in the fire came from the car.