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  • RTP

    Rapid Transfer Port

  • RTP

    Reinforced Thermoset Plastic

  • RTR

    Real Tme Release

  • RTU

    Remote Terminal Unit

  • Ruminant Animals; Ruminants

    Animals having a rumen – a large digestive vat in which fibrous plant material is partially broken down by microbial fermentation, prior to digestion in a “true” stomach (the abomasum). There are also two other stomachs – the reticulum and the omasum. Typical ruminants are cattle and sheep.

  • Rupture Disk

    The pressure retaining and pressure-sensitive element of a rupture disk device.

  • Rupture Disk Device

    A non-reclosing pressure relief device actuated by inlet static pressure, and designed to function by the bursting of a pressure-containing disk.

  • Rupture Disk Holder

    The structure that encloses and clamps the rupture disk in position. The material of the rupture disk holder shall be listed in Section II and Section VIII, Division 1 of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

  • Rupture Disk Holder

    (ASME) The structure that encloses and clamps the rupture disk in position. Rupture disks may be designed in several configurations, such as plain flat, prebulged, or reverse buckling, and may be made of either ductile or brittle material. Rupture disk material is not required to conform to an ASME specification. The material of the rupture disk holder shall be listed in Section II and Section VIII, Division 2 (AR-131) of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.