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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Pompe de dépotage

English translation:

offloading pump

Added to glossary by Lavinia Pirlog
May 13, 2014 07:57
10 yrs ago
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French term

Pompe de dépotage

French to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
Equipements techniques - Pompes de dépotage
Applications:

Hydrocarbures
Produits chimiques
Produits alimentaires
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 offloading pump
3 +2 [chemical] transfer pumps
4 Discharging Pump

Discussion

Lavinia Pirlog (asker) May 18, 2014:
Another example Local dépotage et/ou transfert gasoil, salle des huiles

Proposed translations

+1
14 mins
Selected

offloading pump

You don't give the exact context, but an offloading pump is used to offload gas an hydrocarbons, for example from ships.
Reference:

http://www.google.com/patents/US20110013989

Peer comment(s):
agree GILLES MEUNIER
3 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
12 mins

Discharging Pump

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Peer comment(s):
neutral B D Finch : Unconvincing explanation!
59 mins
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+2
2 hrs

[chemical] transfer pumps

http://www.michael-smith-engineers.co.uk/pumps/chemical-tran...

Thanks to BD Finch, I understood that "stripping pumps" were too specific. This should work for chemicals, but I am not so sure for "produits alimentaires".

Peer comment(s):
agree Raoul COLIN (X)
56 mins
Thank you :).
agree Terry Richards
3 hrs
Thank you, Terry.
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