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average residence time [2 records]

Record 1 2007-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

The mean residence time is an average value of the time spent in the extruder. A proximate value of the mean residence time is obtained by dividing the volume by the volumetric flow rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Valeur moyenne du temps passé par les différentes particules de matière dans la machine.

OBS

Pour un volume donné, il peut en première approximation être déterminé par le rapport de ce volume sur le débit volumique.

OBS

Le symbole est t (barre).

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
DEF

the time required for a substance - atmospheric pollutant - to reduce its concentration by 1/e, approx. 1/3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air
OBS

temps de séjour : Période pendant laquelle une substance, après son émission ou après son apparition suite à une conversion chimique, demeure dans un milieu donné sans subir de modification de nature.

Spanish

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