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RECTILINEAR DISTRIBUTOR [2 records]

Record 1 1986-05-08

English

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

A movable distributor system carried on a low truss spanning a rectangular trickling filter bed and moving back and forth on its side walls while distributing liquid over the bed. The liquid is usually siphoned to the distributor out of a channel along one side of a bed or between pairs of beds.

French

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

Système mobile de distributeur transporté sur une ferme basse enjambant un lit bactérien rectangulaire et circulant selon un mouvement de va-et-vient sur ses murs latéraux, tout en distribuant le liquide sur le filtre; ce liquide est généralement siphonné vers le distributeur à partir d'un caniveau situé le long du lit bactérien.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)

Spanish

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