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WOOD COMBUSTION [4 records]

Record 1 2016-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
OBS

fuel wood combustion: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
OBS

combustion de bois : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre de l'Inventaire des émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fuels and Types of Hearths
OBS

wood combustion device: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the National Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles et types de foyers
OBS

appareil de combustion de bois de chauffage : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre du Rapport d'inventaire national.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Combustibles y tipos de hogares o chimeneas
CONT

La chimenea es un aparato de combustión de leña con llama vista empleada para: Producir calor para la calefacción del ambiente interno. Cocer alimentos. Producir agua caliente para su uso doméstico (con dispositivos especiales).

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Record 3 1992-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Types of Hearths (Heating)
OBS

Wood space heaters. These are free standing devices attached to a vertical chimney by a flue pipe. Most are of controlled combustion or at airtight design.

Key term(s)
  • controlled combustion wood stove

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Types de foyers (Chauffage)
OBS

Le poêle à bois NAPOLÉON [...] Combustion contrôlée - sa fabrication étanche supérieure vous permet de régler le débit de chaleur et la durée du feu. (Le Magazine Pleins feux, Vol. 3, no. 5, septembre 1987).

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
CONT

Controlled combustion wood stoves have been shown to have a significant degree of incompleteness of combustion and corresponding high emissions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
CONT

On a observé qu'avec les poêles à bois à feu continu la combustion était très incomplète, ce qui se traduisait par un taux d'émissions élevé.

Spanish

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