surge tank

English

Noun

surge tank (plural surge tanks)

1. A storage reservoir used to neutralize pressure in a system that conveys fluid by releasing pressure from sudden increases in volume and by supplying fluid to the system when the pressure drops.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: tasaussäiliö, aaltoilutila
• French: vase d’expansion m

Further reading

• “surge tank”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “surge tank”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.