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    A diving air compressor is a breathing air compressor that can provide breathing air directly to a surface-supplied diver, or fill diving cylinders with...
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    from a specialised diving compressor, high-pressure gas storage cylinders, or both. In commercial and military surface-supplied diving, a backup source...
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    using a diving compressor with suitable breathing air quality and an appropriate emergency gas supply, there is no obvious reason why hookah diving should...
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    compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. An air compressor is a specific type of gas compressor...
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    An air compressor is a machine that takes ambient air from the surroundings and discharges it at a higher pressure. It is an application of a gas compressor...
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  • the dive, such as the gas panel and compressor, or is not integral to the actual diving, being there to make the dive easier or safer, such as a surface...
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  • Thumbnail for Glossary of underwater diving terminology: A–C
    underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be...
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    Centrifugal compressor Diving air compressor Vapor-compression refrigeration Bloch, H.P. & Hoefner, J.J. (1996). Reciprocating Compressors, Operation and...
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    underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be...
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    underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be...
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  • Nitrogen narcosis is a hazard when diving. For diving much beyond 30 metres (100 ft), it is less safe to use air alone and special breathing mixes containing...
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    The underwater diving environment, or just diving environment is the natural or artificial surroundings in which a dive is done. It is usually underwater...
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    underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be...
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  • Thumbnail for Gas blending for scuba diving
    Gas blending for scuba diving (or gas mixing) is the filling of diving cylinders with non-air breathing gases such as nitrox, trimix and heliox. Use of...
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    A diving cylinder or diving gas cylinder is a gas cylinder used to store and transport high pressure gas used in diving operations. This may be breathing...
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    underwater diving. The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be...
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    nitrogen and helium and is often used at depth in technical diving and commercial diving instead of air to reduce nitrogen narcosis and to avoid the dangers...
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    compress breathing air for use by underwater divers Diving air compressor operator – Person who operates a diving air compressor Diving air filter – Device...
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    Diver's pump (redirect from Diving air pump)
    pump is a manually operated low pressure air compressor used to provide divers in standard diving dress with air while they are underwater. Rotary pumps...
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    surface-supplied manually operated pump or low pressure breathing air compressor, a diving knife, and weights to counteract buoyancy, generally on the chest...
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    Deep diving is underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm accepted by the associated community. In some cases this is a prescribed limit established...
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    A diving team is a group of people who work together to conduct a diving operation. A characteristic of professional diving is the specification for minimum...
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    presentable while diving. Even in modern times, ama dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making them a traditional sort of freediver. Pearl diving ama were considered...
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  • Nitrox (redirect from Enriched Air Nitrox)
    diving, as these advantages are reduced by the more complex logistical requirements for nitrox compared to the use of simple low-pressure compressors...
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  • or by vehicle) or water (including by submarine, small boats, kayaks or diving) and have proved capable of covering long distances and staying concealed...
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    board. On larger boats additional diving support facilities may also be present: high pressure diving air compressor gas blending panel recompression chamber...
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    Sea, four divers were in a diving chamber system on the rig's deck that was connected by a trunk (a short passage) to a diving bell. The divers were Edwin...
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    including diving using rebreathers, using kayaks (canoes) and rigid-hulled inflatable boats and often train with the Special Boat Service. Air troop – experts...
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    Standard diving dress - mostly used in professional diving. Mainly of historical interest now. Airline or Hookah diving. "Compressor diving" - a rudimentary...
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    Technical diving (also referred to as tec diving or tech diving) is scuba diving that exceeds the agency-specified limits of recreational diving for non-professional...
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