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FOSSE EVACUATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

Static settling tanks with mechanical sludge scrapers. ... The travel speed of the scrapers used to collect the sludge in the concentration and extraction hopper depends on the percentage and density of the sludge which can be removed from the water by the settling process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

Décanteurs statiques à raclage mécanique des boues. [...] La vitesse de déplacement des raclettes destinées à rassembler les boues dans la fosse de concentration et d'évacuation dépend du pourcentage de boues décantables dans l'eau à traiter et de leur densité.

Spanish

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