effacement

08:21 Sep 8, 2000
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: effacement
term used cocnerning electrical power stations, when the National Grid (réseau EDF) uses "effacement"
John Hadfield


Summary of answers provided
na +1Withdrawal (on High Demand Days or Peak Demand Days or Peak Days), Retirement (etc.), Removal (etc.)
Louise Atfield
naWill "blanking" fit?
John Dawson
nablackout/ power outage/ power cut
john rock
nasuppression
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
na"brownout"
Heathcliff


  

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30 mins
Will "blanking" fit?


Explanation:
One of the entries in Termium is as follows:

Telecommunications Transmission
Power Transmission Techniques


EN
blanking*a*CORRECT


DEF*The process of making a channel non effective for a desired interval.*a

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48 mins
blackout/ power outage/ power cut


Explanation:
This is probably what you are looking for, although it is not the term normally used. See if it fits the text.


    Ernst Technical and Industrial Dictionary
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1 hr
suppression


Explanation:
If your term related to transmitters and receivers, then it could be "suppression de la modulation" which is an alternative term for "effacement" given by EuroDicAutom and for which the English word "suppression" is suggested. Could this work in your context?


    Reference: http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/
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8 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Withdrawal (on High Demand Days or Peak Demand Days or Peak Days), Retirement (etc.), Removal (etc.)


Explanation:
Effacement in French means removal of something, erasing.
A bit of background for this case:

"EFFACEMENT JOURS DE POINTE (EJP)

Le tarif E.J.P. est une forme de contrat entre E.D.F. et l'usager dont le principe est que ce dernier bénéficie d'un tarif de faveur durant la majeure partie de l'année, à condition de n'utiliser qu'un minimum d'énergie électrique pendant les 22 journées les plus chargées d'hiver. Cette option E.J.P. n’est plus accessible dans le cadre du tarif Bleu (remplacée par le Tarif Tempo, comportant trois tranches).

Exemple: pendant 22 jours, de 7 heures du matin à 1 heures du matin, le lendemain (soit une période de 18 heures), le
kilowattheure est facturé très cher (jusqu'à 3 Francs HT/kWh). Le reste de l'année, le tarif se rapproche de celui des heures creuses (environ 0,3 F HT/kWh).

L'Effacement Jours de Pointe (ou le tarif Tempo) suppose l'existence d'un second système de chauffage autre qu'électrique, et suffisamment puissant.

Le délestage se fait automatiquement, sur ordre d'E.D.F., moyennant un préavis d'une demi-heure (sonnerie ou signal
lumineux)."
http://home.nordnet.fr/~edubreucq/lexique1.htm

"Technique:Il existe une tarification "Electricité de France" (EDF) appelée EJP (Effacement Jours de Pointe) qui consiste à faire payer l'électricité à un prix avantageux toute l'année, nuit ou jour, sauf quelques jours de pointe en hiver où il est facturé très cher, pour que les gens soient dissuadés de consommer. Ces jours là, EDF laisse juste 6 heures à tarif normal pour les chauffe-eau ou autres. Coût: 0,37F le KWh en normal, et 2,95F le KWh en jour rouge. (+TVA et taxes) "
http://clients.newel.net/particulier/krigelec/ejp/detejp.htm

The term "Effacement Jours de Pointe" (EJP) could probably be translated by "Withdrawal on High Demand Days". The customer is warned that his electricity rates are going to go up dramatically, so he refrains from using electricity at that time, therefore "withdraws" or "retires" or "removes" his load from the grid.



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agree  Marie75: probably the right one!
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2 days 17 hrs
"brownout"


Explanation:
is one possibility, w/reference to periods of high demand (a.k.a. "peak periods") in which the demand is so high that no subscribers will receive full power (e.g., a nominal 110 VAC line drops to 90--93 VAC), with the result that lights are dimmed (hence "brownout"). Another is "rolling blackout," in which, during peak periods, the power company selectively denies powercompletely to certain service areas for limited periods of time.

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Doesn't fit the context. EDF decides to "affacer"
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Comment: Doesn't fit the context. EDF decides to "affacer"



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