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fine screening [2 records]

Record 1 2001-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
CONT

The [Canadian] process involves liquid/solid separation, water treatment and removal of suspended or dissolved contaminants, sediment drying by fine and coarse screening, and separation by continuous cycloning and centrifugation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

Le traitement des sédiments comprend une séparation des liquides-solides, un traitement des eaux et un enlèvement des contaminants en suspension ou solubilisés, un assèchement des sédiments par tamisage grossier et fin, ainsi qu'une séparation par cyclone et centrifugation en continu.

Spanish

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Record 2 1979-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Wastewater Treatment
OBS

fine screen: A relative term usually applied to screens with openings less than 1 in., but in wastewater treatment often reserved for openings that may be 116 in. screening: ... the modern tendency is to reduce the [suspended] solids by screening to as low a figure as possible ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Le dégrillage permet de protéger la station contre l'arrivée intempestive de gros objets flottants susceptibles de provoquer des bouchages dans les différentes unités de l'installation (...) L'opération peut être plus ou moins efficace, en fonction de l'écartement entre barreaux de grille; on peut distinguer: [le] dégrillage fin, pour écartement de 3 à 10 mm, [le] dégrillage moyen, 10 à 25 mm, [et le] prédégrillage, 30 à 100 mm.

Spanish

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