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TOPSIDE FACILITY [2 records]

Record 1 2003-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

All the equipment installed above the splash zone on an offshore platform.

OBS

Topside facilities include drilling, processing, and life support equipment, utilities, services and safety equipment.

Key term(s)
  • topside facility
  • topsides facility
  • topside
  • top side facility
  • top side facilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Équipement de production du pétrole et du gaz et équipement auxiliaire, installés sur une structure extracôtière.

CONT

En mai 1999, l'Office [des hydrocarbures extracôtiers] acceptait la proposition [...] qui portait sur les efforts à déployer pour que les installations en surface et sous-marines, les systèmes d'ancrage et les tubes ascenseurs soient construits dans la province.

CONT

Les installations en surface et en profondeur, à tout puits de pétrole et de gaz, doivent être aménagées de façon qu'il soit possible de mesurer la pression d'obturation, la pression de fond ou la pression de régime, et d'effectuer les essais raisonnablement requis.

Key term(s)
  • installation en surface

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

DIDO Experiment Container is essentially a box with a side length of 150 mm. Design philosophy of DIDO experiment foreseen an "all inside" approach, so(at this moment) the experiment container is a mere box with no windows or openings, or relevant external features. DIDO EC is intended as a structural part for the inside experiment; only mechanical, electrical and data interfaces are required to connect DIDO EC with GLAD facility. The box is assembled as one piece but the topside is removable to have access to DIDO experiment. In this way the topside component works as a cover plate. The EC is made by(TBD) material and to meet safety requirements EC' s corners are slightly rounded, materials must not be flammable and machined with non-toxic surface treatment. Cover plate is connected with the box through screws. The bottom side, instead, compose the "first plate" of DIDO experiment, housing tanks and pumping system. Another plate placed about half height provides a "second plate" for DIDO cell and relative optics, laser unit and CCD camera.

OBS

Objectives of the experiment DIDO ... is the measurement of diffusion coefficients in a three-component solution. It’s impossible to carry out these measurements on Earth because in a diffusion boundary, when the transport is promoted by at least two independent driving forces, convention instabilities may arise, called "fingers" and "overstability."

OBS

DIDO experiment container: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

contenant expérimental DIDO : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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