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CLEAN-UP DEVICE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Water Pollution
  • Transport of Oil and Natural Gas
  • Black Products (Petroleum)
DEF

Any mechanical device designed to remove oil from the water surface without causing major alterations in its physical or chemical properties.

CONT

Once an oil spill has occurred, the most positive approach to protect the environment is to physically remove the oil from the water ... by the use of mechanical pickup devices commonly called skimmers.

OBS

Chapters dealing with these mechanical devices enumerate the following types of skimmers: devices that rely on adhesion to a continuous flexible belt, centrifugal devices, weir devices, oil recovery booms, and skimming boat.

OBS

"Clean-up device" and "pick(-)up device" are explanatory terms more than true terminological units.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Transport du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Produits noirs (Pétrole)
DEF

Appareil destiné à récupérer des hydrocarbures répandus en nappes à la surface de l'eau.

CONT

Le confinement de la nappe permet ensuite d'assurer sa récupération [...] De nombreux dispositifs de ramassage existent : pompage directement sur les barrières; rétractation des nappes par barrière en mouvement ou action physico-chimique; crépines spéciales de pompage; navires de ramassage, type Catamaran; système de Vortex.

CONT

On utilise divers types de récupérateur : le récupérateur à bandes, le récupérateur à déversoir, le récupérateur à disques, le récupérateur à vortex.

OBS

«Dispositif de ramassage» constitue une unité explicative et non une véritable unité terminologique.

OBS

lèche-nappe; écumoire : termes proposés par le ministère des Transports, 1971.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Transporte de petróleo y gas natural
  • Productos negros (Petróleo)
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