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SLUDGE PUMP [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
DEF

A cylinder with a valve at the bottom, lowered into a drill hole from time to time to take out the accumulated slime resulting from the action of the drill on the rock.

DEF

A bailer fitted with a plunger for removing wet sand, mud, or silt from the bottom of a borehole.

CONT

When [a bailer is] fitted with a plunger to which the bailing line is attached, it sucks the liquid in as it is lifted and is then called a sand pump or an American pump.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
CONT

Effectivement, dans les sables très divisés, la curette est munie d'un piston avec ressorts : c'est la «pompe à sable». Avec cette disposition on évite le trépan et son train de tiges dont la remontée prend du temps.

OBS

Les pompes à sable conviennent pour les sables fins [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

The return of recycled sludge ... into the aeration tank can be carried out either through a specially designed sludge pump ... or by return into the raw water pumping pit.

OBS

sludge pump: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Le retour des boues recyclées [...] dans le bassin d'aération peut être réalisé soit par une pompe à boues [...] soit par renvoi dans la fosse de pompage d'eau brute.

OBS

pompe à boue : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • pompe à boue

Spanish

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