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abfahren

English translation: to draw off

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German term or phrase:	abfahren
English translation:	to draw off
Entered by:	Gerhard Wiesinger

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21:46 Nov 6, 2010

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)

German term or phrase: abfahren

For a "Fermentationsanlage"
Context:
So wird das Substrat durchspült und darin vorhandene Biogasanteile gelangen insbesondere in das Volumen oberhalb des Substrates und können in bekannter Weise zur Biogasaufbereitung ***abgefahren*** werden.

Gerhard Wiesinger KudoZ activity Questions: 75 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 26 United States
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to draw off

Explanation:
zur Biogasaufbereitung ***abgefahren*** werden
***drawn off*** for processing as biogas

Using a compressor to draw off gas from the top of the digester,...
http://www.gascompressors.co.uk/applications.shtml

The basic premise is that you draw off flammable gas from the landfill site.
http://www.estatesreview.com/news/home/magazine-articles/art...

The facility is set to take 18 months to build and is planned around a central heat chamber, which the company claims will produce no noxious emissions and draw off gas and oil as they vaporise.
http://www.letsrecycle.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=37&li...

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