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CLEARING DEVICE [1 record]

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Record 1 1982-08-31

English

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

Thickening has several advantages: ... The thick sludge extraction problems are then concentrated in a single unit, the thickener, which can be fitted with all the necessary preventive and monitoring devices, such as displacement-type extraction pumps, flushing and clearing devices, concentration analysers ...

French

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

Les intérêts de l'épaississement [des boues] sont multiples : [...] Le soin à apporter à l'extraction de boues épaissies est reporté sur un seul ouvrage de la station, l'épaississeur, où peuvent être rassemblés tous les moyens de prévention et de contrôle; pompes d'extraction volumétrique, dispositifs de rinçage et de débouchage, analyseurs de concentration [...]

Spanish

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