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4 subsurface fire extinguishing
Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > subsurface fire extinguishing
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5 subsurface fire extinguishing
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > subsurface fire extinguishing
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6 subsurface fire extinguishing
Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > subsurface fire extinguishing
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7 subsurface fire extinguishing
Нефть: тушение подземного пожараУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > subsurface fire extinguishing
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8 subsurface fire extinguishing
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9 fire
1) огонь || подвергаться изменениям под действием огня2) пожар || загораться; воспламенять(ся); поджигать3) топить4) отапливать, обогревать5) обжигать; прокаливать6) авто зажигать, воспламенять ( топливную смесь)7) детонировать ( заряд ВВ)8) сушить на открытом огне (табак, чайный лист)•to bring fire under control — локализовать пожар;to fire up — сил. выводить печь-
active fire
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cross fire
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deep-seated fire
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disastrous fire
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electric fire
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exposure fire
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heavy fire
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mine fire
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oil fire
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open fire
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reflector fire
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ring fire
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sort fire
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spill fire
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spoil fire
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spontaneous fire
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10 subsurface [underground] fire
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > subsurface [underground] fire
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11 underground fire extinguishing
Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > underground fire extinguishing
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12 тушение подземного пожара
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > тушение подземного пожара
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13 тушение подземного пожара
subsurface fire extinguishing, underground fire extinguishingРусско-английский словарь по нефти и газу > тушение подземного пожара
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Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > тушение подземного пожара
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1) Engineering: mine fire, subsurface fire, underground combustion, underground fire2) Forestry: ground fire, peat fire3) Ecology: peat-bog fire -
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Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > extinguishing
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Универсальный русско-английский словарь > тушение подземного пожара
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18 missile
управляемая ракета, УР; летящий осколок [обломок]; обстреливать ракетами; применять ракеты ( по цели) ; см. тж. rocketantiarmor(ed fighting vehicle) missile — противотанковая ракета, ПТУР
dual-capability (surface-to-air /surface-to-surface) missile — ракета наземного РК для поражения воздушных и наземных целей
forward area (air) defense missile — ракета войскового ЗРК; ракета комплекса ПВО передового района
HEAT-mine (scattering) multiple warhead AT missile — ПТУР с КБЧ, разбрасывающей ПТ кумулятивные мины
look-down, shoot-down missile — ракета, управляемая системой обеспечения, обнаружения и поражения целей в нижней полусфере (на фоне земли)
passive-radar homing warhead.air-toair missile — ракета воздушного боя с пассивной РЛ ГСН
— air interceptor missile— air-to-ground guided missile— antiair warfare missile— anti-antiaircraft missile— artillery ballistic missile— AT guided missile— battlefield support missile— chemical warhead missile— command guidance missile— counter-air-to-surface missile missile— counterballislic missile missile— counterradar homing missile— counterradiation homing missile— fast-reaction type missile— fire-and-forget guidance missile— fixed based missile— fixed land-based missile— free-flight missile— infantry-launched missile— mobile-based missile— multiple warheaded missile— nuclear warheaded missile— nuclear-armed missile— nuclear-fueled missile— penetration aid missile— radar-seeking standoff missile— rolling airframe missile— turbojet-propelled missile* * *• ракета• ракетный -
19 unit
1. установка; комплект; агрегат; аппарат; прибор; элемент; секция3. матем. единица4. составная деталь, сборная часть, узел; блок5. участок; забой; группа забоев6. ячейкаhydroblast concrete removal unit — устройство для гидроструйного снятия бетонной рубашки (с подводного трубопровода в случае необходимости врезки отвода)
onshore mobile drilling unit — морская передвижная буровая установка, МПБУ
rotation set packing unit — уплотнительный узел, устанавливаемый вращением
twin-hulled column-stabilized drilling unit — двухкорпусная буровая установка, стабилизированная вертикальными колоннами
wellhead casing hanger packing unit — уплотнительный узел подвески обсадной колонны на подводном устье
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1. единица2. блок; узел; секция; агрегат; установка; аппарат; прибор3. деталь; элементhulled column-stabilized drilling offshore unit — буровое двухкорпусное морское основание со стабилизирующими вертикальными колоннами
hydroblast concrete removal unit — устройство для гидроструйного снятия бетонной рубашки (с подводного трубопровода)
sucker-rod mechanized loading and transporting unit — агрегат для механизированной погрузки и транспортировки глубинно-насосных штанг
twin-hulled column-stabilized drilling unit — двухкорпусная буровая установка, стабилизированная вертикальными колоннами
wellhead casing hanger packing unit — уплотнительный узел подвески обсадной колонны на подводном устье
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1. единица; единица измерения2. агрегат; установка; секция; узел; элемент
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единица, элемент; пачка ( небольшая по мощности совокупность пластов)
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2) блок; узел; секция; агрегат; установка; аппарат; прибор3) деталь; элемент•- unit of equipmentunit in standby — 1) резервный элемент 2) элемент, находящийся в ненагруженном резерве
- unit of gas
- unit of permeability
- unit of viscosity
- acoustic logging unit
- acoustic measuring unit
- air-balanced beam pumping unit
- ammonia absorption unit
- antifreeze agent batching unit
- API gamma-ray unit
- API neutron unit
- atmospheric-and-vacuum distillation unit
- auger drilling unit
- automatic coupling screwing unit
- automatic dewaxing unit
- automatic drilling-control unit
- automatic float-type pump-out unit
- automatic well logging unit
- automatic well measuring unit
- back-crank pumping unit
- back-in unit
- back-pressure control unit
- backup unit
- batching unit for injecting agents into gas flow
- beam-balanced pumping unit
- beamless pumping unit
- beam-pumping unit
- blasting unit
- blowout prevention operating unit
- bottomhole pumping unit
- British thermal unit
- bulk-cement transport unit
- caisson-type leg unit
- casing hanger packoff unit
- casing lubrication unit
- cathodic protection unit
- cement mixing unit
- cement plug drilling unit
- cementing unit
- central power unit
- central pumping unit
- cetane unit
- chain-driven pumping unit
- column-stabilized drilling unit
- combined atmospheric-vacuum rerun unit
- combined-balanced beam pumping unit
- compatibility test unit
- completely failed unit
- compression unit
- conventional pumping unit
- conversion unit
- corrosion unit
- counterweight beam unit
- cracking unit
- crank-balanced pumping unit
- damaged unit
- deballasting pumping unit
- dedicated maintenance unit
- deep-well pumping unit
- degassing unit
- derrick unit
- dewaxing unit
- diethylene glycol batching unit
- discrepant unit
- double-drum servicing unit
- double-valve unit
- downflow fluid-catalyst unit
- downhole television unit
- drainage unit
- drawworks unit
- drill unit
- drilling unit
- drilling-in unit
- drive-in unit
- driving unit
- electrical dewaxing unit
- electrical survey unit
- emergency storage unit
- Engler unit
- equilibrium unit
- expansion refrigeration unit
- exploder unit
- fault-free unit
- fault-location unit
- field replaceable unit
- filter unit
- filtering unit
- filtration unit
- fire-control unit
- floating drilling unit
- floating drilling offshore unit
- floating offshore unit
- fluid unit
- fluid-bed catalytic cracking unit
- foam unit
- front-mounted self-contained unit
- fuel-oil unit
- gas unit
- gas-cleaning unit
- gas-compressor unit
- gas-engine-compressor unit
- gas-gasoline processing unit
- gaslift unit
- gas-measuring unit
- gasoline tank unit
- gas-separation unit
- geared pumping unit
- geological unit
- glycol dehydration unit
- group unit
- group separation unit
- guide line tensioning unit
- heating unit
- high-speed pumping unit
- hoist unit
- hoisting unit
- Houdry fixed-bed unit
- hulled column-stabilized drilling offshore unit
- hydraulic fracturing unit
- hydraulic power pumping unit
- hydraulic pumping unit
- hydroblast concrete removal unit
- hydrocyclone unit
- hydrostatic testing unit
- idle unit
- immobile offshore drilling unit
- insert submersible pump unit
- jack-up drilling offshore unit
- known-reliability unit
- limited-life unit
- locking unit
- long-lived unit
- long-stroke pumping unit
- lowering unit
- low-speed pumping unit
- maintenance unit
- maintenance control unit
- maintenance service unit
- malfunctioning unit
- manifold unit
- marginally operating unit
- marine unit
- marine drilling unit
- master gate unit
- mat supported jack-up unit
- measuring unit
- methanol batching unit
- mobile logging unit
- mobile offshore unit
- mobile offshore drilling unit
- mud logging unit
- mud preparing unit
- mud pump valve unit
- mud pumping unit
- multiple well pumping unit
- natural gas liquefaction unit
- nonrepairable unit
- offshore unit
- offshore drilling unit
- offshore mobile drilling unit
- off-stream unit
- oil-pump unit
- oil-well pumping unit
- open truss-type leg unit
- operational test unit
- optimal replaceable unit
- outlet unit
- packing unit
- pipeless deep-well pumping unit
- pipeless subsurface pumping unit
- pneumatic pressure cement storage unit
- pole mast unit
- portable fire pump unit
- portable pumping unit
- post head unit
- pressure unit
- processing unit
- production rate measuring unit
- propane-air unit
- proportioning unit
- proration unit
- pulling unit
- pumping unit
- pumping unit on skid
- reactive turbine bottomhole unit
- reducing unit
- refrigeration unit
- released swab unit
- reliability test unit
- reliable unit
- remote pumping unit
- renewable unit
- repair unit
- repair training unit
- rigged-down swabbing unit
- rotary unit
- rotation unit
- rotation set packing unit
- sampler unit
- sampling-and-analyzing unit
- sand-master unit
- sand-washing bottom unit
- seating-and-sealing unit
- seawater filtration unit
- sedimentary unit
- selective four-coil unit
- self-contained offshore drilling unit
- self-elevating offshore drilling unit
- self-propelled manifold unit
- self-propelled semisubmersible drilling unit
- semiautomatic mud logging unit
- semisubmersible offshore drilling unit
- sensor unit
- servicing unit
- shale shaker-desander combination unit
- shooting unit
- short-stroke pumping unit
- silt master unit
- single-core cable well logging unit
- single-well completion unit
- slush pump unit
- snubbing unit
- spotty unit
- standard API unit
- standard pumping unit
- standby pumping unit
- steam unit
- stratigraphic unit
- submersible drive pump unit
- submersible electrical centrifugal pump unit
- subsurface pumping unit
- sucker-rod mechanized loading and transporting unit
- surface drilling unit
- surface pressure readout unit
- survey unit
- swabbing unit
- switchover measuring unit
- test-and-repair unit
- three-core cable well logging unit
- three-joint unit
- tractor-mounted well servicing unit
- troubleshooting unit
- tubing lubrication unit
- turbocompressor unit
- twin-hulled column-stabilized drilling unit
- twin-rerun unit
- underwater drilling unit
- upflow catalyst unit
- upflow fluid-catalyst unit
- upstream pumping unit
- vapor recovery unit
- vertical reference unit
- weight-set packing unit
- well-completion unit
- wellhead casing hanger packing unit
- well-logging unit
- well-measuring unit
- well-servicing unit
- well-servicing pump-hoist unit
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1) система; сеть; комплекс2) установка, устройство3) план; расположение4) система; порядок; классификация•- system of catalogs - system of catalogues - system of forces - system of ground points - system of road signs - system of scaffolds - acoustic signalling system - active residential solar heating system - aeration system - air-brake system - air-comfort system - air-conditioning system - air-curtain system - air-foam system - airline system - airline vacuum system - air-pressure water system - all-outside air-conditioning system - arch system - arch-and-pier system - audible alarm system - Automated Data Management System in Building - ADMSB - automatic fire alarm system - balanced system of ventilation - bar system - basic system - beam system - blower system - British absolute system of units - building system - building central air conditioning system - building solar optical system - bypass pipe system - cable system - cantilever tieback system - cathodic protection system of pipelines - central fan electric heating system - central hot water supply system - check-board system - circulating water system - closed system - closed heat supply system - closed pipeline system - collecting system - colour spraying systems - combined extract-and-input system - combined sewerage system - community complete system in containers or skids - composite cable roof system - compressed-air system - computer-aided system - consolidated power system - control system of survey - cooling system - cooling pipe system - coordinate system - curing system - decimal system - designation system - discrete system - discrete-continual system - distributing system - district heating system - double-pipe system - double-pipeline system - double-pipe riser system - downward system of ventilation - drainage system - drencher system - drop system - dry pipe sprinkler system - dry return system - duct system - earthling system - ejector system - elastic system - electric heating system - embedded panel system - emergency power supply system - energy recovery system - engineer's system of units - filling system of navigation lock - filtration system - fire-alarm sounding system - fire-fighting system - fire-sprinkling system - fire warning system - fixing systems - flange system - flooding system - floor system - floor system of bridge - floor heating system - flow-through system - flue gas cleaning system - fluid power system - forced circulation system - four-axis system - framed system - gas heating system - glaze systems - gravity system - gravity water supply system - grid system - hazard system - heating system - heat pump system - heat supply system - high pressure air-conditioning system - high velocity air-conditioning system - hinged system - hoisting system - hot air system - hot blast system - hot water supply system - inflation system - instantaneously variable system - integral deck system - integrated dispatching system - invariable system - ion-exchange system - irrigation system - land system - large public water system - lateral system - left-handed system - lighting system - local air-conditioning system - lock-filling system - long-line system - low pressure air-conditioning system - low velocity air-conditioning system - low voltage system - main system - management system - measuring system - mechanical systems of a house - medium-size public water system - membrane system - metric system - modular coordinating space system - monitoring system - multistage gas supply system - network system - observing system - once-through system - one-layer cable system - one-pipe heating system - one-pipe loop system - open system - open heat supply system - open return system - overhead system of heating - overhead heating system - panel air system - panel cooling system - pipeline system - piping system - plane system - plumbing system - pollution control system - population settlement group system - post-tensioned system - potabilization system - power system - power-reservoir system - pressurized water treatment system - pre-tensioned system - primary system - public transport system - public water system - public waterworks system - quality control system - quarternary system - railroad system - recirculated heating system - recirculation duct air conditioning system - recool system - rectangular system of street layout - reliability coefficients system - remote control system - reusing water supply system - rigid cable roof system - ring heating system - roll-cap system - round duct system - safety valve of a hydraulic system - saprobity system - separate sewerage system - septic system - sewerage system - single duct air-conditioning system - single-stage system - single-track automatic block system - slab-stringer system - smoke-detector system - solar aquatic system - solar cooling system - solar heating system - solar thermal power system - space system - split system - sprinkler system - statically determinate system - statically indeterminate system - steel plate system - structural system - supply air system - suspension system - thermal reheat system - three-dimensional system - three-way system of reinforcement - thrust system - total energy system - two-dimensional system - two-duct air-conditioning system - two-layer cable roof system - two-pipe water heating system - underfloor heating system - underground cable system - unified modular coordination system - universal sewerage system - upfeed water heating system - up-lighting system - utility system - utility detection system - vacuum system - vandalproof system - variable air volume system - ventilation system - warning system - waste treatment system - waste water system - water system - water measuring systems - water purification system - water quality system - water quality indicator system - water supply system - water supply by zones system - water treatment systems - wind bracing system - zone system* * *1. система; сеть (напр. трубопроводов); устройство2. способ, метод- system of forcessystem in equilibrium — равновесная система, система в состоянии равновесия
- system of masses
- system of scaffolds
- ABC system
- AC system
- acoustical ceiling system
- active solar energy system
- aesthetic value system
- air classification system
- air cycle refrigerating system
- airfield soil classification system
- air pollution control system
- air-to-air system
- air-to-water system
- air transport system
- alarm system
- all-air system
- all outside air system
- all-water coil system
- all water fan coil system
- approach lighting system
- arterial system
- Atterberg soil classification system
- audio alarm system
- automated casting system
- automatic fire alarm system
- automatic fire protection system
- automatic flushing system
- balanced system
- balanced system of streets
- balanced ventilation system
- bar system
- beam structural system
- bell alarm system
- Benoto piling system
- bivalent heat pump system
- bleed-in system
- blow and exhaust system
- blow through air-conditioning system
- blow through fan system
- bootstrap system
- box system
- bridge deck structured system
- British soil classification system
- building system
- building automation system
- building-drainage system
- building gravity drainage system
- building management system
- built-in dust suppression system
- burglar alarm system
- cable system
- central air heating system
- central fan system
- centralized hot-water supply system
- central plant air conditioning system
- changeover system
- circulating system
- circulation water supply system
- circulation water system
- closed system
- closed heat-supply system
- closed-loop heat pump system
- closed-type steam heating system
- coding system
- cogeneration system
- cold supply system
- collapsing-ring bridge rail system
- combined drainage system
- combined sewage system
- complanar system of structural members
- complanar force system
- complete-mix activated sludge system
- composite frame system
- compression system
- concrete suspended flooring system
- constant volume system
- continuous conveying system
- continuous suspension system
- control system
- cooling system
- coordinate system
- cost-efficient floor system
- crossbar approach lighting system
- cross blow ventilation system
- curtain walling system
- custom forming system
- decentralized air conditioning system
- decentralized sewerage system
- deluge sprinkler system
- desiccant cooling system
- designation system
- design-built system
- diffusion-absorption system
- digital indicating system
- direct system
- direct air heating system
- direct cooling system
- direct expansion system
- direct hot water system
- direct hot-water supply system
- direct return system
- direct through air-conditioning system
- distribution system
- domestic hot water system
- domestic sewerage system
- "Dot" recording system
- double-pipe system
- double stack system
- down-feed system
- drainage system
- draw-in system
- draw-through fan system
- draw-through system
- drencher system
- drop system
- dry-pipe sprinkler system
- dual conduit system
- duct system
- ductless split air conditioning system
- dust collecting system
- dust extract system
- early warning system
- economical floor system
- ejector refrigerating system
- elastic mechanical system
- elastic system
- electric heating system
- electric reheat system
- energy management system
- environmental system
- exhaust system
- extract system
- FAA soil classification system
- fan coil system
- Federal aviation administration soil classification system
- fire alarm system
- fire-extinguishing system
- fire protection system
- flat plate-pipe column floor system
- floor structural system
- floor system
- flow-through system
- F-number system
- force system
- forming-and-reinforcing system
- Forton system
- four pipe system
- gantry crane system
- gas heating system
- gravity system
- gravity-flow heating system
- gravity sewerage system
- gravity steam heating system
- gravity water-supply system
- grid coordinate system
- gridiron distribution system
- grounding system
- groundwater control system
- group water supply system
- gyratory system
- heat distribution system
- heating system
- heat-of-light system
- heat pump system
- heat recovery system
- heat supply system
- heat-traced system
- high-intensity lighting system
- high temperature hot-water heating system
- high velocity system
- hold-over system
- holonomic system
- hot-air system
- hot water system
- hot-water circulation system
- hush piling system
- hybrid system
- hydraulic control system
- hydrophilic system
- hydrophobic system
- indirect expansion system
- indirect hot-water supply system
- indirect refrigeration system
- individual sewage-disposal system
- induction air conditioning system
- induction system
- industrialized building systems
- inflation system
- instrument landing system
- integral deck system
- integrated distribution floor system
- inverter driven VRV system
- Jackson system
- land system
- large panel system
- lighting system
- line system
- liquid overfeed system
- local sewerage system
- low-pressure system
- low pressure hot water system
- low velocity system
- main system
- maintenance management system
- mass transit system
- materials-handling system
- mechanical system
- mechanical refrigerating system
- mechanical supply system
- medium pressure hot water system
- medium temperature hot water system
- microbore heating system
- modular system
- modular air conditioning system
- modular compression sealing system
- modular decking system
- modular precast building system
- multiple-degree system
- multiple web system
- multiple well system
- multistage gas-supply system
- multizone system
- municipal piping system
- nail-free formwork system
- non-changeover system
- octopus duct system
- oil fired heating system
- once-through water-supply system
- one-degree system
- one-duct air-conditioning system
- one-pipe system
- one-pipe loop system
- one-way system
- open system
- open expansion tank system
- open-loop control system
- open return system
- open steam heating system
- operation system
- overhead heating system
- overhead runway system
- packaged cogeneration system
- panel air-conditioning system
- panel air system
- panel-lock system
- partially-separate system
- piping system
- plane system of forces
- plane grid system
- plenum system
- plumbing system
- pneumatic conveying system
- post-tensioning system
- preaction sprinkler system
- prefabricated pipe conduit system
- pressurization system
- pressurized heating system
- pressurized hot water system
- primary-secondary system
- principal system
- public system
- public waterwork system
- push-through fan system
- push-through system
- quality system
- rail mounted track laying system
- raised floor system
- rapid transport system
- recool system
- recycling system
- recycling water system
- redundant bridge system
- refrigerating system
- regenerative air cycle system
- regional settlement system
- reheat system
- return system
- return air system
- reverse return system
- reverse return upfeed system
- rising heating system
- road system
- roofing system
- run-around system
- safety system
- scraper system
- sealed heating system
- security system
- self-climbing form system
- separate sewerage system
- separate system
- series loop system
- sewage system
- shunt system
- single-degree-of-freedom system
- single-degree system
- single duct air conditioning system
- single-pipe heating system
- single-pipe heat-supply system
- single-stack plumbing system
- single-storey heating system
- single web system
- single-zone air-conditioning system
- slab-stringer system
- small bore heating system
- smoke control system
- smoke extract ventilation system
- soil system
- soil absorption system
- solar heating system
- solid fuel heating system
- split system
- sprinkler system
- state plane coordinate system
- statically determinate system
- statically indeterminate system
- stationary system of loads
- steam heating system
- steel plate system
- storm sewer system
- structural system
- structural monitoring system
- sub-atmospheric heating system
- subbuilding drainage system
- subsurface drainage system
- subsurface sewage disposal system
- supply air system
- supporting formwork system
- suspension structural system
- swing joint system
- taxiway system
- telpher system
- terminal reheat system
- thermal storage heating system
- thermosiphon system
- three-pipe system
- three-pipe air-conditioning system
- three-pipe heat supply system
- total energy system
- track laying system
- trench shoring system
- trussed system
- truss-supported deck system
- tube cleaning system
- two-degree-of-freedom system
- two-degree system
- two-pipe system
- two value system of proportional balancing
- two value system
- two-way system
- underfloor conduit system
- unvented system
- up-feed heating system
- utility detection system
- vacuum heating system
- vacuum return system
- vacuum waste disposal system
- variable air volume system
- variable refrigerant volume system
- variable volume system
- variable water volume system
- VAV system
- vented system
- ventilation system
- VRV system
- VWV system
- warning system
- water-air heating system
- water booster system
- water-supply system
- water-to-air system
- water-to-water system
- wellpoint system
- wet return system
- wind framing system
- wire cable control system
- wiring system
- zoned system
- zone reheat system
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