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NEGATIVE AIR SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 1991-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Electrochemistry
OBS

Our research has led us to think that a "negative air system" refers to a system using electrostatic precipitation. See the following context.

OBS

Electrostatic Precipitation. ... in all industrial precipitators, charging is accomplished by the attachment of electrical charges produced by an electrical corona. A corona discharge producing negative ions is normally used in precipitators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Électrochimie
OBS

Le terme anglais "negative air system" n'est pas une unité terminologique. L'équivalent français proposé ici n'est qu'une expression descriptive approximative. Nos recherches nous ont conduite à croire que le système en cause faisait appel à la précipitation électrostatique. Il serait sans doute préférable de parler de l'utilisation d'électrofiltres. Voir les fiches suivantes dans Termium : "électrofiltre" (en anglais : "electrostatic precipitator") et "précipitation électrostatique" (en anglais : electrostatic precipitation").

Spanish

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