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French: atelier d’énergie

English translation: power supply unit







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French term or phrase:atelier d’énergie
English translation:power supply unit
Entered by:Irene S.
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Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation
French term or phrase: atelier d’énergie
Attention, le + 48 V des ateliers d’énergie est relié à la terre. L’utilisation des ateliers d’énergie est interdite pour alimentation des matériels non réservés à cet usage.
Irene S.
Romania
power supplies, power supply units
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Catherine Johnstone
France
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1power plants
Julie Roy
4sounds likeBourth
3power supplies, power supply units
Catherine Johnstone


  

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power supplies, power supply units

Explanation:
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Catherine Johnstone
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
power plants

Explanation:
Export orientation
The standard parts installed in power plant for industrial sector and traction market are fitted in Louviers factory, Benning conversion d'energie manage for the start up work, commissioning and the customer service.
http://www.benning-fr.paus-service.de/index.php?view=Artikel...

Orientation export
Les sous-ensembles standards incorporés dans les ateliers d'énergie destinés au secteur industriel et au marché traction sont assemblés à l'usine de Louviers, Benning conversion d'énergie en assure la mise en service et le service clientèle.
http://www.benning-fr.paus-service.de/index.php?view=Artikel...

Julie Roy
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree Bourth: Yes, though presumably they are using "atelier" to distinguish from the much larger "usine" type power plants.
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sounds like

Explanation:
a translation of "power train". Both "atelier" and "train" can be used for a series of equipment items which, together, fulfil a certain function. Thus you might have a turbine, generator, and transformers constituting your "atelier".

In road building, for ex., an "atelier de pavage" would be the trucks ferrying asphalt to the storage bin, the screw conveyors taking asphalt to the paving machine, the paving machine itself, and the rollers following on behind.

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Note added at 16 hrs 8 mins (2004-11-21 16:08:27 GMT)
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Though \"power train\" in English usually refers to mechanical transmission of force, it can also be used in the electrical sense:

The power train module of the test bench consists of 100 kW generator as a load for the electrical engine, power converter, DC-DC-converter, battery, battery ...
www.dlr.de/fk/Publikationen/UECT_2004.pdf

generator, four units of MHI HRSG, and two units of MHI steam turbine generator. ... One combined-cycled power train will be connected to a 154kV breaker and the ...
www.power-technology.com/projects/bursa/


Bourth
France
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