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SLOPING TANK [5 records]

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Record 1 2023-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Supply
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
CONT

The drop box is a tank of effluent fluid where the inflow of wastewater is higher than the outflow. Its main purpose is to account for sloping properties by creating a point where wastewater can drop directly downward, before continuing through the pipe system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation en eau
  • Canalisations à grande distance
CONT

Quand le chenal a une pente longitudinale supérieure à 5 %, installer des ouvrages de rupture de pente (p. ex. des ouvrages de chute) aux endroits critiques de la voie d'eau de manière à réduire la pente.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
DEF

A two-story combination sewage sedimentation and sludge digestion facility, usually constructed of reinforced concrete. The top story is the sedimentation compartment, and the bottom story is the sludge digestion compartment. The incoming sewage flows slowly and continuously through the settling compartment ... and settleable solids carried by the liquid drop down through a trapped slot and form the sludge deposit in the sludge digestion compartment below.

CONT

The Imhoff septic tank, an improvement over the ordinary septic tank, is still used in the United States; it is a two-story structure with the upper compartment used for settling the sewage, the lower one for the anaerobic disintegration of sludge. A sloping floor enables solid material to slide to the lower compartment, where, since the sludge is separated from the material in the sedimentation compartment, the action is more rapid.

OBS

This two-storied wastewater treatment tank was originally patented by Karl Imhoff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
DEF

[...] combinaison d'un digesteur et d'un décanteur primaire, situés l'un au-dessous de l'autre. Les deux parties communiquent par une fente, les boues tombant directement dans la zone de digestion.

OBS

Le terme «fosse Imhoff» désigne originalement le digesteur décanteur conçu par Karl Imhoff; lorsqu'il s'agit de copies du même appareil, il est préférable d'utiliser les termes donnés en synonymes.

Key term(s)
  • bassin Imhoff
  • fosse Emscher
  • digesteur-décanteur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Abastecimiento de agua)
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
DEF

Tanque profundo de dos secciones, para aguas negras, patentado originalmente por Karl Imhoff, que consta de una cámara superior o de sedimentación a flujo continuo, y de otra cámara inferior o de digestión de lodos.

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Record 3 1994-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
OBS

sloping tank : Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
OBS

caisson oblique : Terminologie adoptée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Construction
OBS

For a given plant working at a given speed and degree of immersion, the oxygen input..) depends on :... the shape of the tank : circular, square, with sloping or vertical sides,...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction mécanique
OBS

Pour un appareil donné, [...] l'apport d'oxygène dépend, [de] [...] la forme du bassin: circulaire, carré, à parois pentées ou verticales, [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Sludge suction intake, with a preponderance along the sloping walls of the tank in consequence of the form of the funnelshaped ejector intake and its position.

French

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

Une aspiration des boues avec prépondérance le long des parois inclinées de la cuve, grâce à la forme du pavillon d'aspiration de l'éjecteur et à sa position.

Spanish

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