Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
clapet anti-souffle
English translation:
explosion cut-off valve
Added to glossary by
Claire Cox
Mar 21, 2011 11:19
13 yrs ago
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French term
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Native in: English
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clapet anti-souffle
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Power plants
This appears in a list of components for a nuclear plant. It appears in a list of ventilation and filtration equipment. Not much to go on, I'm afraid. I'm wondering about just putting shut-off valves in the absence of furrther detail....
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I suspect you need to keep the detail, i.e. they are talking about the souffle of an explosion (how topical ....) rather than merely that of the ventilation system.
Le clapet anti-souffle est un ensemble mécanique qui permet l'obturation rapide de systèmes de ventilation ayant des débits d'air allant de 3000 à 60 000m3/h.
Il peut s'ouvrir ou se fermer à volonté de manière pilotée ou automatique.
Des détecteurs de souffle, de gaz, de lumière peuvent lui être couplés.
Il peut aussi résister à des pressions dues à des explosions.
En cas de souffle direct sur sa coupole, il s'auto obture.
Le clapet est utilisé pour des sites à risques comme l'industrie chimique, le nucléaire ou des zones sensibles militaires.
[oops, left the site without copying the link]
I mean, you don't want to get radiation in your spinach ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-03-21 13:11:39 GMT)
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Blast valves:
During a blast, hot gasses under extreme pressures can enter through the air vents. In order to attenuate this shock wave, a BLAST VALVE (also known as an EXPLOSION PROTECTION VALVE) must be placed into all AIR PIPES, VENTS and other penetrations to the shelter. Blast valves INSTANTLY SHUT OFF THE FLOW OF AIR WHEN A SHOCK WAVE ENTERS THE AIR VENT. This not only protects the other components of the ventilation system from damage, but prevents injury to shelter occupants
http://www.andairusa.com/filters.php
[this is the inverse of your NPP, presumably, being for a protective bunker]
Le clapet anti-souffle est un ensemble mécanique qui permet l'obturation rapide de systèmes de ventilation ayant des débits d'air allant de 3000 à 60 000m3/h.
Il peut s'ouvrir ou se fermer à volonté de manière pilotée ou automatique.
Des détecteurs de souffle, de gaz, de lumière peuvent lui être couplés.
Il peut aussi résister à des pressions dues à des explosions.
En cas de souffle direct sur sa coupole, il s'auto obture.
Le clapet est utilisé pour des sites à risques comme l'industrie chimique, le nucléaire ou des zones sensibles militaires.
[oops, left the site without copying the link]
I mean, you don't want to get radiation in your spinach ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-03-21 13:11:39 GMT)
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Blast valves:
During a blast, hot gasses under extreme pressures can enter through the air vents. In order to attenuate this shock wave, a BLAST VALVE (also known as an EXPLOSION PROTECTION VALVE) must be placed into all AIR PIPES, VENTS and other penetrations to the shelter. Blast valves INSTANTLY SHUT OFF THE FLOW OF AIR WHEN A SHOCK WAVE ENTERS THE AIR VENT. This not only protects the other components of the ventilation system from damage, but prevents injury to shelter occupants
http://www.andairusa.com/filters.php
[this is the inverse of your NPP, presumably, being for a protective bunker]
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Comment: "Thanks Alex - I'm sure you're right as usual. Souffle just seems such an innocuous little word to have blast/explosion connotations..."
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