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CAPACITE REFOULEMENT [2 records]

Record 1 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pumps
  • Dredging
CONT

Increasing Pump Capacity. Adjusting pump capacity to cutterhead speed has a decided effect on dredge production and resuspension rates.

OBS

pump capacity: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes
  • Dragage
CONT

Augmentation de la capacité de pompage. Le fait d'ajuster la capacité de pompage à l'allure de l'excavation effectuée par le désagrégateur influence grandement la production de la drague et le taux de remise en suspension.

OBS

débit de pompe; capacité de refoulement : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
DEF

The sum of static head and friction head on a pump discharging a given quantity of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Somme de la charge statique et de la perte de charge d'une pompe refoulant un débit donné.

Spanish

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