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2. Diving regulator - Wikipedia

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   Diving regulator. Diving regulator: The most familiar type is the single-hose open circuit scuba regulator, with first and second stages, low pressure inflator hose and submersible pressure gauge. Other names. Demand valve. Uses. Reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver.

3. Pressure regulator - Wikipedia

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   A back-pressure regulator, back-pressure valve, pressure sustaining valve or pressure sustaining regulator is a control valve that maintains the set pressure at its inlet side by opening to allow flow when the inlet pressure exceeds the set value. It differs from an over-pressure relief valve in that the over-pressure valve is only intended to ...

4. Mechanism of diving regulators - Wikipedia

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   The mechanism of diving regulators is the arrangement of components and function of gas pressure regulators used in the systems which supply breathing gases for underwater diving. Both free-flow and demand regulators use mechanical feedback of the downstream pressure to control the opening of a valve which controls gas flow from the upstream ...

5. Buoyancy compensator (diving) - Wikipedia

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   Buoyancy compensator. A buoyancy compensator (BC), also called a buoyancy control device (BCD), stabilizer, stabilisor, stab jacket, wing or adjustable buoyancy life jacket (ABLJ), depending on design, is a type of diving equipment which is worn by divers to establish neutral buoyancy underwater and positive buoyancy at the surface, when needed.

6. Centrifugal governor - Wikipedia

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   Centrifugal governors, also known as "centrifugal regulators" and "fly-ball governors", were invented by Christiaan Huygens and used to regulate the distance and pressure between millstones in windmills in the 17th century. [1][2] In 1788, James Watt adapted one to control his steam engine where it regulates the admission of steam into the ...

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