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What is a compensator?

What is a compensator? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (literally) A party or thing which compensates, pays or otherwise provides a compensation
  2. Any device used to compensate for something, notably to achieve a better balance
  3. A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature outside a building and the temperature of water or air provided to spaces or zones within the building for purposes of heating or cooling.
  4. (nautical) One of several small magnets placed in the binnacle to neutralize the effect of the ship's metal on the compass
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The compensator is, as may be seen, nothing more than a double Mariotte flask.
Remove the dip tube filter, the filter inside the compensator and the gun filter, and clean them.
The compensator has a positive temperature coefficient of frequency, while the stack has a negative temperature coefficient of frequency.
The hydraulic resistance relates to the completely closed pressure compensator.
This means that no hydraulic compensator is required in any situation, as it would be with many other boilers.
By collecting the over-flow of gas in the compensator, this disadvantage is obviated.

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