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ACIER FORTE EPAISSEUR [5 records]

Record 1 2003-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ovens, Furnaces and Boilers (Heating)
CONT

The National Program for the Power Industry wants to focus ... on refurbishing thermal power plants with fluid bed boilers, double-arch furnaces and other innovative combustion technologies for utilizing Ukrainian low-grade coal.

CONT

The Double Arch Downfired, or W Flame Furnace ... is the proven way to efficiently self-combust anthracites in Central Station steam generators. ... FW Ball Mills receive coal on each end, from bins and feeders located overhead ... Primary air coming from air heaters enters each mill end and dries the coal. Once the coal is ground and classified, the air pneumatically transports it towards the arch cyclone burners ... A "W" shaped flame forms in the lower furnace (volume below the arches). Gases then continue their upward move through the conventional upper furnace. In the FW arch fired technology, only a fraction of the air enters the furnace through the arch; the bulk of the air is fed to the furnace through slots in the vertical walls located directly below the arches.

Key term(s)
  • double arch furnace
  • double arch boiler

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fours et chaudières (Chauffage)
CONT

Les chaudières à foyer unique. Ces chaudières permettent de passer facilement d’un combustible liquide à un combustible solide. Les chaudières à double foyer. Ce type de chaudière permet de passer instantanément d’un combustible à un autre. Ces chaudières ont un rendement sur PCI (Pouvoir Calorifique Inférieur) qui atteint 90 et 95 %. Par rapport aux anciennes chaudières et pour un même investissement, elles permettent une économie de l’ordre de 20 %.

CONT

Chaudières double foyer tous combustibles jusqu'à 42 kW. [...] Groupes thermiques multi-combustibles pour chauffage et production d’eau chaude instantanée. Deux foyers et combustion totalement séparés. Corps de chauffe en acier de forte épaisseur.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Extraction Procedures - Various (Mining)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A method of stoping in which the ore is extracted by excavating a series of horizontal (sometimes inclined) timbered slices alongside each other, beginning at the top of the ore body and working progressively downward; the slices are caved by blasting out the timbers, bringing the capping or overburden down upon the bottom of the slices which have been previously covered with a floor or mat of timber to separate the caved material from the solid ore beneath. ... As the slices are mined out and caved this mat follows the mining downward, filling the space occupied previously by the ore.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'extraction divers (Exploit. minière)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
CONT

La méthode de la tranche horizontale unidescendante avec foudroyage est utilisée dans les couches de charbon fragile, épaisses et de forte pente. On exploite des tranches horizontales successives d’environ 3 m d’épaisseur dans l'ordre descendant, chaque tranche passant sous les éboulis de foudroyage de la tranche précédente. Avant de foudroyer par enlèvement du soutènement, on pose à la sole du chantier un plancher préalable, constitué de croûtes de bois posées sur des feuillards d’acier, pour former la couronne de la tranche suivante, l'isolant des éboulis frais, qui ne pèseront que modérément sur le soutènement [...] En variante, on peut exploiter en tranches inclinées.

Key term(s)
  • tranche unidescendante foudroyée
  • tranche horizontale unidescendante
  • tranches horizontales prises en descendant
  • tranches unidescendantes foudroyées

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
CONT

[Wash fountains] are manufactured from various materials including precast stone, precast marble, stainless steel, vitreous china and heavy gauge steel finished in acid resisting enamel etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
CONT

Les matériaux de fabrication des lavabos collectifs sont le grès, le marbre(simili-marbre), l'acier inoxydable, la porcelaine vitrifiée, l'acier de forte épaisseur à fini émail antiacide, etc.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Kitchen Utensils
CONT

... Stainless Steel Stock Pots with Aluminum-Clad Bottoms. ... Extra thick, heat-conducting aluminum-clad bottoms cook faster at lower heat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Batterie de cuisine
CONT

Acier inoxydable de forte épaisseur avec fond doublé en aluminium pour frire également et rapidement.

Spanish

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Record 5 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acier

Spanish

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