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SOLVENT RECOVERY [3 records]

Record 1 2011-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
  • Bioengineering
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Équipement (Chimie)
  • Technique biologique
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

Solvent extraction often refers not only to liquid-liquid extraction, but also to the treatment of solids or gases with a solvent to remove a soluble product. This may be either a specific, unwanted impurity or a desirable by-product which may be recovered by evaporation of the solvent or by some alternative isolation procedure.

OBS

solvent recovery: term(s) extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Énergie de la biomasse
DEF

Opération qui consiste dans le transfert d'un ou de plusieurs constituants d'une phase solide ou liquide dans une autre phase liquide, dite solvant.

CONT

L'industrie utilise cette extraction, dite par solvant, pour isoler certains composés des matières premières qui les renferment [...]

OBS

extraction par solvant : terme(s) tiré(s) du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingenieria química
  • Energía de la biomasa
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Record 3 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
CONT

Solvent recovery ... can be ... explained [thus:] The solvent-laden air is removed from all driers by exhaust fans, passed in ducts through filters and blown over "carbon beds" which ... absorb the solvent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
CONT

La récupération des solvants [...] relève [...] d'un impératif d'hygiène et de sécurité [et] d'un souci d'économie. L'air, aspiré au-dessus du papier imprimé, est débarrassé des vapeurs en suspens par précipitation sur du charbon activé.

Spanish

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