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PARTICULATE EMISSION [12 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
DEF

Very small solid particles that can be found in aerosols.

OBS

Particulate matter can be of natural or anthropogenic origin.

OBS

particulate matter; PM : term and abbreviation standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Black Carbon Inventory and the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

Key term(s)
  • particles
  • particulates

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Particules solides de très petites dimensions qui peuvent se trouver dans les aérosols.

OBS

La matière particulaire peut être d'origine naturelle ou anthropique.

OBS

matière particulaire; PM : terme et abréviation normalisés par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'inventaire de carbone noir et de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Key term(s)
  • particules

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
CONT

El material particulado [...] se define como el conjunto de partículas sólidas y/o líquidas (a excepción del agua pura) presentes en suspensión en la atmósfera [...]

Key term(s)
  • partículas
  • partículas en suspensión
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Record 2 2020-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Mathematics
CONT

While some of the variability was due to tests where boiler combustion conditions, or operating conditions in the final particulate collection device, were deliberately altered in order to provide data for correlation validation, some boilers showed consistently higher average emission levels than others.

Key term(s)
  • validation of correlation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
DEF

The total equipment necessary for the determination of a gas or particulate matter concentration or emission rate using pollutant analyzer measurements and a conversion equation, graph, or computer program to produce results in units of the applicable emission limitation or standard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medio ambiente
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Record 4 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollution (General)
OBS

re-suspension of particulate matter : term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
OBS

remise en suspension de matières particulaires : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intergovernmental Bodies and Committees
  • Air Pollution
OBS

CEIP(the EMEP Centre on Emission Inventories and Projections) : collects emissions and projections of acidifying air pollutants, heavy metals, particulate matter and photochemical oxidants from Parties to the LRTAP Conventio; reviews submitted inventories in order to improve the quality of reported data; prepares data sets as input for long-range transport models; provides support to the Parties, UNECE secretariat and IC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités intergouvernementaux
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Particulate matter (PM) ... consists of microscopic solid and liquid particles of various origins that remain suspended in air for any length of time. ... Total particulate matter (TPM). TPM includes any PM with a diameter less than 100 microns.

OBS

total particulate matter : term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
CONT

Les particules (PM) désignent toute particule microscopique solide ou liquide de diverses origines qui demeure en suspension dans l'air pendant un certain temps. [...] Matière particulaire totale (MPT). Toute particule dont le diamètre est inférieur à 100 microns.

OBS

matière particulaires totale : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
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Record 7 2013-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Road Traffic
CONT

The Low Emission Zone(LEZ) was introduced in 2008 to encourage the most polluting heavy diesel vehicles driving in the Capital to become cleaner. The LEZ covers most of Greater London. To drive within it without paying a daily charge these vehicles must meet certain emissions standards that limit the amount of particulate matter(a type of pollution) coming from their exhausts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Circulation routière
DEF

Zone dans laquelle ne peuvent circuler que des véhicules dont les émissions polluantes respectent les limites autorisées.

OBS

La zone d’actions prioritaires pour l’air (ZAPA), dont l’accès est interdit aux véhicules fortement polluants, est un exemple de zone à émissions limitées.

OBS

zone à émissions limitées; ZEL : terme, abréviation et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 13 juillet 2012.

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2006-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Pollutants
  • Mining Wastes
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

The particulates in suspended form in gases, or in the form of aerosols, which are introduced into the ambient air from the mouth of a stack, a flue or a tailpipe.

CONT

Particulate matter emissions generally come from industrial sources, stationary fuel combustion, and miscellaneous sectors. The overall decline in particulate emissions has been 8% and the industrial share of total particulate matter emissions declined from 70% in 1970 to 64% in 1980. The increase in the share in stationary fuel combustion and miscellaneous sectors was quite small.

CONT

The highest emission of particulate matter(fly ash and soot) is derived from the combustion of coal.

OBS

Particulates are any finely divided solid or liquid particles in the air or in an emission. Particulates include dust, smoke, fumes, and mist.

OBS

particulates: Generic term used interchangeably with "dust" to describe fine solid matter capable of entering atmospheric suspension.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Agents de pollution
  • Déchets miniers
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Les combustions incomplètes représentent une cause essentielle d'émission de particules. Des aérosols au sens strict, (gouttelettes liquides en suspension dans l'air), peuvent aussi être produits en certaines circonstances : par exemple lorsque des moteurs à explosion rejettent des huiles minérales imbrûlées ou des goudrons dans leurs gaz d'échappement (fumées bleues).

CONT

Avec les échappements plus ou moins noirs des véhicules automobiles, avec les oxydes de fer et les silicates, on a [...] abordé le problème des [...] émissions particulaires.

OBS

particule : Matière solide ou liquide fine présente dans l'air ou dans une émission. La poussière, la fumée, les vapeurs et la brume sont formées de particules.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del aire
  • Agentes contaminantes
  • Escombros mineros
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
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Record 9 2005-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Diesel Motors
CONT

In Canada, diesel-powered passenger cars are subject to the same emission standards as gasoline powered cars. Little, if any, additional emission control equipment need be installed on diesel-powered cars sold in Canada to meet the 1981 U. S. standard which has no requirement for particulate emissions.

Key term(s)
  • diesel powered passenger car

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Moteurs diesel
OBS

On écrirait mieux «diésel».

OBS

diésel : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Radiography (Medicine)
DEF

An isomer of technetium 99 that decays by isomeric transition, with a half-life of 6 hours.

OBS

It is particularly useful as a radiotracer in medical work because it is readily available from small laboratory generators, it forms complexes with many chemical or pharmacologic vectors, the gamma emission is in the energy range(140 KeV) favorable for scintigraphic work, the limited particulate emission restricts the radiation penalty to a patient, and its half-life makes it suitable for many clinical and research purposes. Symbol :99mTc.

Key term(s)
  • 99m Tc

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
CONT

Le technétium 99 m est très utilisé en médecine nucléaire. Sa période courte (six heures) permet des doses plus fortes. Il se fixe sur de très nombreux tissus et est utilisé pour les scintigraphies thyroïdiennes (où il remplace l'iode 131), pour mettre en évidence les cavités cardiaques et les gros vaisseaux (sous forme de pertechnétate), pour pratiquer des scintigraphies de foie (colloïde de technétium), des scintigraphies de poumons (microsphères marquées au technétium), des scintigraphies de cerveau (pertechnétate), d'os (pyrophosphates de technétium), etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Radiografía (Medicina)
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Record 11 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Stone dust, fly ash, soot, and unburned droplets of fuel oil are the main types of particulate resulting from the operations of hot-mix asphalt paving plants. The predominant particulate emission is stone dust and its major source is the dryer. Other sources of particulate emissions include the screens, open bucket elevators, weigh hoppers, asphalt heaters, storage piles and bins, and traffic dust from the yard. Particulates from the dryer are normally termed "dryer dust", those from the screen cover, weigh and mix area, and hot material elevator are usually called "fugitive dust".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du béton
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Concrete Preparation and Mixing
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Stone dust, fly ash, soot, and unburned droplets of fuel oil are the main types of particulate resulting from the operations of hot-mix asphalt paving plants. The predominant particulate emission is stone dust and its major source is the dryer. Other sources of particulate emissions include the screens, open bucket elevators, weigh hoppers, asphalt heaters, storage piles and bins, and traffic dust from the yard. Particulates from the dryer are normally termed "dryer dust"; those from the screen cover, weigh and mix area, and hot material elevator are usually called "fugitive dust".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du béton
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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