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GARBAGE INCINERATOR [5 records]

Record 1 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Waste Management
CONT

If a sludge incinerator is used(for instance, a multiple hearth furnace), the refuse must first be finely crushed. If a garbage incinerator is used, the sludge must be powdered so that it can be mixed with the refuse and the incinerator must be designed to prevent the unburnt sludge from passing too quickly into the ash-pit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Gestion des déchets
Key term(s)
  • incinérateur de boue

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Design
  • Building Management and Maintenance
DEF

... a room provided in a a building to accommodate building services, including boiler rooms, furnace rooms, incinerator rooms, garbage rooms, janitors’ closets and rooms to accommodate air-conditioning or heating appliances, pumps, compressors and electrical services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception architecturale
  • Gestion et entretien des immeubles
DEF

[...] local ou [...] espace prévu dans un bâtiment pour loger des installations techniques telles que les appareils de conditionnement d'air ou de chauffage, les installations électriques, les pompes, les compresseurs et les incinérateurs.

CONT

Les locaux techniques sont généralement situés au sous-sol [...] Mais de plus en plus la tendance est de les installer hors du bâtiment principal, dans un édicule annexe, en surface ou enterré [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
CONT

Solid waste management consists of three sub components, collection system, transportation and disposal system. The collection system collects garbage from sources. Transportation of garbage from transfer stations to disposal sites is managed by city cleansing department. The third component is final disposal, which consists of semi-sanitary landfill, mini incinerators, incinerator(out of operation) and composting.

OBS

Terminology related to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiating process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

La gestion des déchets solides comprend le ramassage et l'élimination des déchets. L'enfouissement est la méthode d'élimination la plus courante. Le recyclage, le compostage et les autres méthodes de réduction des déchets relèvent aussi de cette fonction. Si les déchets sont transportés à une décharge exploitée par une autre autorité des stations de transfert peuvent être nécessaires.

OBS

Terminologie du processus d'établissement de la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA).

OBS

gestion des déchets solides : terme en usage à l'Office de l'efficacité énergétique, Ressources naturelles Canada, et tiré de son rapport annuel de 2001.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
CONT

Desarrollarán iniciativas destinadas a reducir los déficits de cobertura y calidad de los suministros de agua potable, saneamiento básico y manejo de residuos sólidos, con especial énfasis en las áreas urbanas pobres y en el sector rural, a través de la aplicación de tecnologías existentes y el desarrollo de tecnologías nuevas, apropiadas, efectivas y de bajo costo.

OBS

Terminología relacionada con el proceso de negociación del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

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Record 4 1995-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
DEF

A technique in which dry garbage is burned and the warmth of the fire heats water in a closed system of pipes surrounding the incinerator.

CONT

There are two preferred alternatives for the disposal of municipal wastes: material recovery (recycling) and energy recovery either by bulk burning or through the production of refuse derived fuel.

OBS

In a mass burning plant, the unprepared waste is directly fed into a high-temperature furnace where a grate conveyor system operates during combustion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
CONT

L'usine d'incinération municipale de Québec [...] a été conçue [...] pour l'incinération en masse de déchets solides non conditionnés dans un foyer à écran d'eau.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
CONT

Mass Burning Technology. Quebec City. Phase II. A majority of the laboratory results from tests on a state-of-the-art mass burning incinerator design have now been processed. ... Significant improvements were made in the reduction of organic emissions, and fly ash carryover and in increasing boiler steaming efficiency.

OBS

"mass burning" : A technique in which dry garbage is burned and the warmth of the fire heats water in a closed system of pipes surrounding the incinerator.

OBS

In a mass burning plant, the unprepared waste is directly fed into a high-temperature furnace where a grate conveyor system operates during combustion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
OBS

L'usine d'incinération municipale de Québec [...] a été conçue [...] pour l'incinération en masse de déchets solides non conditionnés dans un foyer à écran d'eau.

Spanish

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