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Record 1 1991-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fuel Heating
CONT

Underfed stokers move the coal by screw conveyor or by rams.

CONT

In the side-ash-discharge underfeed stoker, fuel is fed from the hopper by means of a reciprocating ram to a central trough called the retort.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage aux combustibles solides
DEF

(...) dispositif d'alimentation en combustible (...)

CONT

(...) chaudières avec foyer à poussoir (...) où le mouvement du combustible est assuré par un piston, le poussoir, animé d'un mouvement alternatif, ce piston étant mû par un moteur auxiliaire par l'intermédiaire d'un système bielle-manivelle.

CONT

Foyer à poussoir (...) l'organe mobile (...) est une pièce métallique, le poussoir, animé d'un mouvement de va-et-vient grâce à la rotation d'une roue entraînée par un moteur auxiliaire.

Spanish

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