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feedwater [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Electrochemistry
DEF

Raw or pretreated water used to feed the water purification system for further treatment or polishing.

CONT

Ultrapure water is produced by treating feedwater to reduce the concentration of impurities such as organic and inorganic species, suspended particles, live bacteria, silica and dissolved gases to the parts-per-million (ppm) and parts-per-billion (ppb) range.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • feed-water

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Électrochimie
DEF

Eau qui alimente le système de purification et deviendra eau de procédé après traitement.

CONT

Les techniques d'électrodialyse permettent de récupérer de 70% à 80% de l'eau d'alimentation sous forme d'eau déminéralisée.

OBS

Eau d'appoint est un terme à rejeter. Il signifie : eau venant remplacer de l'eau perdue.

OBS

eau d'alimentation : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento del agua
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Electroquímica
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Record 2 2011-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

The water supplied to a boiler or still.

Key term(s)
  • feed-water
  • feed water

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

Le conditionnement de l'eau de chaudière ne peut être réalisé que si l'on dispose d'une eau d'alimentation de qualité convenable.

OBS

alimentation : Renouvellement de l'eau dans une chaudière à mesure qu'elle s'y transforme en vapeur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Calefacción
  • Reactores nucleares de fisión
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