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INLET TIME [21 records]

Record 1 2021-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Time interval between the step change in concentration at the instrument inlet and the first corresponding change in output that is attributable to the step change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

Pour étudier le comportement de l'instrument, on pourra donc lui appliquer à l'entrée un échelon, au cours duquel la grandeur passe brusquement d'une valeur à une autre, à un instant donné. La réponse à un échelon (ou indicielle), fournie par la grandeur de sortie, caractérise l'instrument. On peut en particulier définir le retard (ou temps mort, ou temps perdu), qui est le temps qui s'écoule entre l'instant où l'échelon est appliqué à l'entrée et l'instant où se manifeste le début de la variation à la sortie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
CONT

Mejoras: se ha hecho un circuito de las mismas características que el anterior pero con una distribución más inteligente y optimizada, que permite el empleo de menos componentes y por tanto, se introduce menos retraso.

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Record 2 2020-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Maintenance
  • Waste Management
DEF

... the water and the associated debris resulting from the washing of streets [or] sidewalks.

CONT

Tips for street wash water. Industrial facilities and construction sites that discharge debris and sediment to city streets must clean up after their operations in a reasonable amount of time; but they must also do it properly. Washing these pollutants further into the storm sewer system(i. e. washing them into catch basins or other stormwater inlet structures) is not an option. A careful balance must be met between applying enough water to clean the street, but not so much as to either flood the street or cause pollutants to be discharged further into the system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entretien des routes
  • Gestion des déchets
OBS

eau de lavage des rues; eau de lavage des chaussées; eau de lavage de la voirie : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • eaux de lavage des rues
  • eaux de lavage des chaussées
  • eaux de lavage de la voirie

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Record 3 2020-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Air Pollution
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Venturi scrubbers can be used for removing gaseous pollutants; however, they are not used when removal of gaseous pollutants is the only concern. The high inlet gas velocities in a Venturi scrubber result in a very short contact time between the liquid and gas phases. This short contact time limits gas absorption. However, because Venturis have a relatively open design compared to other scrubbers, they are still very useful for simultaneous gaseous and particulate pollutant removal...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Un laveur Venturi est composé principalement par un poumon centrifuge (ayant une fonction de séparateur de la fraction solide et de celle liquide) et d'une colonne Venturi. Venturi est constitué d'un cylindre dont la section médiane présente une diminution de diamètre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
CONT

Sanitary and storm sewer systems are an integral part of an urban area. Waste treatment facilities are carefully designed for industrial, institutional, commercial, and population wastes. To ensure proper flow of waste and storm systems, pre-benched manhole bases allow smooth transition and flows at junctions, change of pipe sizes and lateral connections. The pre-benched manhole base consists of a section of monolithically poured manhole barrel with channeled concrete between the inverts of inlet/outlet pipes with a minimum slope of 25mm or 1". The channeled concrete is smooth finished and in most cases a gasketed opening is provided for the insertion of inlet/outlet pipes. The manhole base has a joint on the top to allow for riser sections to be placed to reach the installation invert. The pre-cast, pre-benched manhole base allows for a high quality and quick alternative to cast in place benching. Using pre-cast, pre-benched manhole bases minimize construction time in the field and ensures a quality, long term solution in building storm and sanitary sewer infrastructure. Most pre-benched manhole bases are custom built for the contractor where the angles between the inlet/outlet mains require specific layout. In some cases straight through, 45 or 90 degree configurations are available for standard pipe sizes of 100-200 mm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
CONT

Construction de regards de visite préfabriqués ou coulés sur place à 1,60 m de profondeur. Comprend le terrassement, la confection du radier, de la cunette préfabriquée ou coulée sur place, le raccordement des canalisations, l'équipement du regard, le dispositif de fermeture, remblayage, toutes fournitures, sujétions et main d'œuvre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Flow that occurs when different elements of substrate move through the reactor at varying rates such that they are in contact with the enzyme for variable periods owing to their differing residence times in the reactor giving an opportunity for different extents of reaction to take place and for further reaction of the desired product and side-reactions to take place.

CONT

Non-ideal flow is caused by back-mixing, convection, or the creation of stagnant regions of fluid in the reactor, for instance by channelling. Back-mixing of reactants in packed-bed reactors arises because the presence of solid particles in the column causes elements of the flowing fluid to mix, and because the different fluid elements take different routes through the reactor.

OBS

The extent of non-ideal flow can be estimated by measuring the residence time distribution of a slug of tracer, for instance a dye injected into the inlet of the reactor, as it leaves the reactor, although sometimes allowance must be made for the hold-up of tracer molecules in porous particles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

La représentation de l'écoulement non idéal par un modèle reposant sur des bases physiques sérieuses ne fournit pas seulement une bonne image de la distribution des temps de séjour. Le modèle postule, en outre, un certain schéma hydrodynamique qui s'approche, en le simplifiant, de l'écoulement réel. Il y a donc toutes chances, en calculant la conversion chimique prévue par le modèle, d'obtenir un résultat proche de la réalité.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Pulp and Paper
CONT

An aerated lagoon is a suspended-growth process treatment unit. The aerated lagoon system consists of a large earthen lagoon or basin that is equipped with mechanical aerators to maintain an aerobic environment and to prevent settling of the suspend[ ed] biomass. It is provided with inlet at one end and outlet at the other end to enable the wastewater to flow through and to retain for the specified detention time.

PHR

Facultative, suspended growth aerated lagoon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Pâtes et papier
DEF

Ouvrage dans lequel se réalisent l'aération, la croissance et la stabilisation partielle de la culture bactérienne et l'essentiel de l'attaque de la charge biodégradable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Pasta y papel
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Record 7 2003-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
CONT

Metering pumps move precise volumes of liquid in a specified time period to provide accurate flow rates. This class of pumps moves liquids in two stages : the suction stroke and the discharge stroke. During the suction stroke, liquid is pulled into the pump cavity past the inlet check valve. During the discharge stroke, the inlet valve closes; the outlet valve opens, and the liquid is pushed out. Vary the flow either by changing the stroke length or by adjusting the cycle frequency. Described below are a few types of metering pumps [i. e. ] bellows pumps,... diaphragm pumps,... piston pumps,... travelling cylinder pumps...

CONT

The Akzo Nobel water-phase preparation unit includes four holding tanks for the water-phase chemicals and dosage and mixing equipment for emulsifier, acid, stabiliser and water. All equipment is mounted on a steel structure with a pipe system that allows the use of the dosage pumps for dosing as well as for circulation, and for filling the tanks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
CONT

[L'unité] mobile de pilotage conçue pour résoudre les problèmes d'eau potable [...] comprend [une] unité de filtration membranaire pouvant adapter une membrane en plan spiralé de nanofiltration ou d'osmose inverse [et une] unité d'ultrafiltration hybride (frontale ou tangentielle) qui permet de tester des eaux de surface ou des eaux souterraines avec un minimum de pré-traitement. [...] Des pompes doseuses permettent l'ajout d'additifs chimiques, si nécessaire, en pré ou en post-traitement. Les solutions de nettoyage peuvent aussi être dosées automatiquement à l'aide de ces pompes.

CONT

Spécialiste du dosage, de l'injection et du transfert, DKM propose une gamme complète de pompes doseuses, à membranes ou à piston, qui interviennent dans le process des industries chimiques, des pétroliers ou du traitement des eaux.

CONT

Lorsque la liqueur stérilisante doit être introduite dans une conduite sous pression à débit constant ou variable, on utilise généralement les pompes doseuses [...], qui permettent son injection sous pression.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «pompe volumétrique» (en anglais : «displacement pump»), qui se rapporte à une pompe dans laquelle l'accroissement d'énergie est réalisé dans des chambres dont le volume augmente (phase d'aspiration) et diminue (phase de refoulement) de telle sorte que l'écoulement procède par volumes engendrés successifs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bombas
DEF

Bomba para suministrar cantidades precisas de un producto.

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Record 8 2001-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

The Ausroc 3(A3) launch vehicle has a liquid fuelled motor that burns JA-1 kerosene with liquid oxygen, and uses regenerative cooling. The motor produces 35 kN at sea level and has a burn time of 80 seconds. The motor is gimballed to facilitate pitch and yaw control. The wall of the combustion chamber, throat and expansion nozzle consists of 102 stainless steel tubes stacked side by side running parallel to the motor axis. The tubes will be brazed together and the assembly wrapped in a carbon fibre composite. The composite wrapping is used to relieve to tubes of the hoop stress generated by the combustion pressure(2 MPa), whilst the tubes contain the combustion heat(3500 K). The top end of the motor has a kerosene inlet manifolt, oxygen dome and injector block. The kerosene inlet manifold delivers kerosene to every second motor tube, where it travels down to the arse end of the motor. Here it enters the lower kerosene manifold which is a simple plenum ring. This allows the kerosene to flow into the other alternate tubes which deliver it back up to the inlet manifold. The inlet manifold then directs the kerosene to the injector block, which sprays it and the liquid oxygen into the combustion chamber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
CONT

La fusée possède des moteurs à ergols liquides.

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

Decrease in hydraulic energy in unit time between the inlet and outlet of the motor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Diminution de l'énergie du fluide par unité de temps, entre les sections d'entrée et de sortie du moteur.

Spanish

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Record 10 1998-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

Increase of hydraulic energy per unit time between inlet and outlet ports of the pump.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Augmentation de l'énergie hydraulique par unité de temps entre les sections d'entrée et de sortie de la pompe.

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Transmission Systems
DEF

Decrease in fluid energy per unit time between the inlet and outlet of the cylinder. In the case of a single acting cylinder this is the total energy at the inlet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions mécaniques
DEF

Diminution de l'énergie du fluide par unité de temps, entre les sections d'entrée et de sortie du vérin. Dans le cas d'un vérin à simple effet, c'est l'énergie totale à l'entrée.

Spanish

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Record 12 1996-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
CONT

A simple arrangement of two cavities in series showed the feasibility of detecting traces of one gas in another. A klystron was used to generate microwave power which was fed through a wave guide to a transmission-type cavity. Another cavity was mounted in series with and tuned to the same frequency as the first; both cavities were identical except that the second had a gas inlet and outlet ports. From this measuring cell, its microwave energy was sent to a crystal detector. By frequency-modulating the klystron with a 50-cps sine wave voltage on the repeller, a burst of energy passes to the detector each time the generator frequency equals that of the cavities. The detector current is amplified and measured with an oscilloscope. At the beginning of the run, the two cavities are filled with the nitrogen carrier gas and, if the composition in one of the cavities is changed, its electrical size will change... causing a decrease of current from the detector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique

Spanish

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Record 13 1992-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage of Oil and Natural Gas
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
CONT

Air release chambers are installed ahead of any metering equipment to ensure accurate measurement of fuel flow. They may be installed in either the pumphouse or on the dispensing platform. They operate on the reduced flow velocity principle which separates and eliminates air from the fuel. As the fuel enters the air release chamber(the diameter of which is much greater than the diameter of the inlet to the air release body), the velocity of the flow is greatly reduced allowing an interval of time for the air to separate from the fuel. The air, being lighter than the liquid, rises to the top of the chamber, where it remains until a sufficient quantity has accumulated to lower the liquid level, causing the float to drop, which in turn opens the vent valve and allows the accumulated air to escape. In most cases the line from the air vent is returned to the storage or scavenger tank to prevent spraying fuel into the surrounding area in case of a malfunction of the air release chamber.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
CONT

Des chambres de désaération sont placées immédiatement en amont de tout dispositif de mesure, ceci afin d'assurer la précision des mesures de débit. Ces appareils peuvent être installés dans la station de pompage ou sur la plate-forme de distribution. Ils agissent par réduction de la vitesse d'écoulement, ce qui permet à l'air de se dissocier du produit pétrolier. Lorsque le produit entre dans la chambre (dont le diamètre du corps est de beaucoup supérieur à celui de l'orifice d'admission), sa vitesse d'écoulement diminue sensiblement. L'air, plus léger que le liquide, remonte à la surface, et y demeure jusqu'à ce qu'une quantité suffisante se soit accumulée; le flotteur, qui s'est abaissé en raison de la baisse proportionnelle du niveau du liquide, commande alors l'ouverture du purgeur qui permet à l'air de s'échapper. Dans la plupart des cas, une canalisation relie le purgeur au réservoir de stockage ou de reprise d'évacuation afin d'éviter toute dispersion de produit à l'extérieur en cas de mauvais fonctionnement de la chambre ou du purgeur.

Spanish

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Record 14 1986-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
DEF

The time required for storm water to flow from the most distant point in a drainage area to the point at which it enters a storm drain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
DEF

Temps nécessaire, au cours d'une précipitation, pour que le flot parvienne à l'entrée de l'égout.

Spanish

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Record 15 1982-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

[The F404 turbofan engine] has one-third less parts than its J79 predecessor, is half the weight, generates the same thrusts and has the same acceleration/deceleration time. One big plus factor is that it stands extreme inlet distortion without a stagnation stall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Par rapport au [turboréacteur] J79 dont il est le successeur, le [réacteur à double flux] F404 se caractérise par un nombre de pièces réduit du tiers. Il est aussi deux fois plus léger, tout en conservant la même poussée et les mêmes temps d'accélération et décélération. Il a par ailleurs pour avantage important de tolérer des distorsions extrêmes du flux d'entrée, sans risque de décrochage dans le compresseur.

Spanish

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Record 16 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

After a preset period of time, the inlet valve... is closed and the automatic frain valve... is opened.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

[...] par une minuterie réglée à l'avance, on ferme la vanne d'admission [...] et on ouvre une vanne automatique de décharge [...]

Spanish

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Record 17 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

[The] system for pressurisation and depressurisation of water... comprises... a pressurisation unit comprising a pump(4-6 bar) delivering part of the treated water and a pressurisation tank. This tank ensures a theoretical maximum water retention time of 2 1/2 minutes and is equipped with a compressed air inlet plus the requisite monitoring and safety devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

[Le] dispositif de pressurisation et de détente d'eau pressurisée [...] comporte [...] en ensemble de pressurisation comprenant un pompage à 4-6 bars d'une partie de l'eau flottée et un ballon de pressurisation. Ce ballon assure un temps de séjour théorique de l'eau de 2,5 minutes maximum et est équipé, outre d'une arrivée d'air comprimé, de tous les organes de contrôles et de sécurité.

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Record 18 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pipes and Fittings
  • Pumps
OBS

[The] system for pressurisation and depressurisation of water... comprises... a pressurisation unit comprising a pump(4-6 bar) delivering part of the treated water and a pressurisation tank. This tank ensures a theoretical maximum water retention time of 2 1/2 minutes and is equipped with a compressed air inlet plus the requisite monitoring and safety devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tuyauterie et raccords
  • Pompes
OBS

[Le] dispositif de pressurisation et de détente d'eau pressurisée [...] comporte [...] un ensemble de pressurisation comprenant un pompage à 4-6 bars d'une partie de l'eau flottée et un ballon de pressurisation. Ce ballon assure un temps de séjour théorique de l'eau de 2,5 minutes maximum et est équipé, outre d'une arrivée d'air comprimé, de tous les organes de contrôles et de sécurité.

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Record 19 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Closing Devices and Nozzles (Mechanical Components)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

After a preset period of time, the inlet valve... is closed and the automatic drain valve... is opened.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Obturateurs et buses (Composants mécaniques)
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

[...] par une minuterie réglée à l'avance, on ferme la vanne d'admission [...] et on ouvre une vanne automatique de décharge [...]

Spanish

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Record 20 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
OBS

(of run-off)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
OBS

BT-44

Spanish

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Record 21 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Machines
  • Pumps
OBS

(...)--(...) is defined as the volume of gas per unit of time dV/dt which the pumping device removes from the system at the pressure existing at the inlet of the pumping device..

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à vide
  • Pompes
OBS

pour parvenir à ce résultat, il faut que les -- soient assez grandes et les sources de gaz assez réduites

Spanish

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