évent cas feu - FEV/EPRV (Fire engulfment valve/Emergency Pressure Relief Valve) ( translation glossary) aromatic solvents storage facility,Engineering: Industrial,Tech/Engineering

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French term or phrase:	évent cas feu
English translation:	FEV/EPRV (Fire engulfment valve/Emergency Pressure Relief Valve)
Entered by:	French2English

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12:07pm Jun 14, 2005

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Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial / aromatic solvents storage facility

French term or phrase: évent cas feu

Regarding the storage of inflammable materials:

Would this be translated as 'fire vent' in this context?(see below). Thanks

Sur chacun de ces réservoirs concernés par le stockage de produits inflammables, il sera mis en place les éléments suivants :

Un évent cas feu suffisamment dimensionné permettant, en cas d’incendie dans la cuvette de rétention, d’éviter la rupture du réservoir causée par une augmentation brutale de la pression au sein de celui-ci.

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FEV / EPRV

Explanation:
Emergency Pressure Relief Valve (EPRV) - sometimes known as a fire engulfment valve (FEV) which is an emergency venting system which operates under significant overpressures such as those encountered during fire engulfment
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Throughout this report, unless otherwise stated, the term emergency pressure relief valve (EPRV) is used, as a more accurate term, to signify a fire engulfment valve (FEV).
[www.unece.org/trans/doc/2005/ wp15ac1/TRANS-WP15-AC1-2005-21e.doc]

fire engulfment valve – a valve designed to relieve at a sufficient rate to prevent the pressure in a vessel exceeding the design value when the vessel is subject to the temperatures expected during engulfment in a petroleum product fire
http://www.energyinst.org.uk/content/files/file366.pdf

Last mentioned site also has :
drop pipe – A fill pipe fitted vertically inside a tank and reaching the bottom of the tank, designed to reduce splashing during tank filling

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Bourth
France

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Thanks, Bourth, you have actually answered two technical questions in one here - very helpful and, it would appear, accurate.
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fire vent

Clare Macnamara

FEV / EPRV

Bourth

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fire vent

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I think you're right.

Clare Macnamara
Spain
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English

9 hrs confidence:

FEV / EPRV

Explanation:
Emergency Pressure Relief Valve (EPRV) - sometimes known as a fire engulfment valve (FEV) which is an emergency venting system which operates under significant overpressures such as those encountered during fire engulfment
…
Throughout this report, unless otherwise stated, the term emergency pressure relief valve (EPRV) is used, as a more accurate term, to signify a fire engulfment valve (FEV).
[www.unece.org/trans/doc/2005/ wp15ac1/TRANS-WP15-AC1-2005-21e.doc]

fire engulfment valve – a valve designed to relieve at a sufficient rate to prevent the pressure in a vessel exceeding the design value when the vessel is subject to the temperatures expected during engulfment in a petroleum product fire
http://www.energyinst.org.uk/content/files/file366.pdf

Last mentioned site also has :
drop pipe – A fill pipe fitted vertically inside a tank and reaching the bottom of the tank, designed to reduce splashing during tank filling

Bourth
France
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English
PRO pts in category: 298

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Bourth, you have actually answered two technical questions in one here - very helpful and, it would appear, accurate.

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French: évent cas feu

English translation: FEV/EPRV (Fire engulfment valve/Emergency Pressure Relief Valve)