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CHLORINATOR [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Pools
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

A metering and regulating device used to release the exact required quantity of chlorine into swimming or wastewater pools.

CONT

Liquid chlorine is fed from the pressure cylinders to the water through a machine called a chlorinator, which automatically proportions the gas [the release of pressure causes the liquid to change back into gas] to the rate of water flow.

CONT

Chlorine Feeders or Chlorinators. ... They may ... be classified on the basis of the state of chlorine feed, type of solution feed, method of applying vacuum to solution feed, or type of control.

OBS

chlorinator: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Piscines
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Appareil doseur régulateur permettant l'ajout de la quantité exacte de chlore nécessaire au bon fonctionnement des piscines, des bassins d'eaux usées, etc.

CONT

Système de dosage de produits. Chlorateur, Ammoniateur, Sulfonateur.

CONT

Pour éviter la contagion, il faut que l'eau du bassin possède un pouvoir aseptique rémanent très net [...] On utilise soit de l'eau de Javel distribuée par pompe doseuse, soit le chlore gazeux distribué à l'aide d'un chloromètre.

OBS

chlorateur : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de medida
  • Equipo y herramientas (Abastecimiento de agua)
  • Piscinas
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
DEF

Aparato de dosificación de cloro, que es inyectado generalmente como hipoclorito en las aguas residuales o a potabilizar.

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Record 2 2009-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción naval
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