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IMPINGEMENT SEPARATOR [3 records]

Record 1 2013-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dust Removal
DEF

Enclosure containing staggered plates that force the airstream to change direction several times, causing the suspended particles to impinge on the baffles.

OBS

The baffle chamber is a type of impingement separator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dépoussiérage
DEF

Dépoussiéreur mécanique muni de dispositifs modifiant la direction du flux d'air.

OBS

Selon les Techniques de l'ingénieur (vol. A10, n° 5700, p. 7), le dépoussiéreur à chicane est un dispositif à inertie.

Key term(s)
  • dépoussiéreur à chicanes
  • séparateur déflecteur

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Air Pollution
DEF

A device used to remove particles from the air; a typical one is made of closely-spaced louvers, where the air stream is caused to change directions, and the particles hit and adhere to the plates.

OBS

The baffle chamber is a type of impingement separator(cf. MAPOL, 1956, vol. 13, p. 14).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Dépoussiéreur dans lequel de brusques changements de direction du courant gazeux projettent les particules contre les chicanes et y adhérent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Contaminación del aire
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Record 3 1986-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
  • Geothermal Power Plants
CONT

The flash steam with its small entrainment of chloridic water droplets enters at the side near the bottom of the cylindrical scrubber and passes vertically upwards through three mesh separator packs and two impingement "bubble-plates"....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines
  • Centrales géothermiques

Spanish

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