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English translation: treated water


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German term or phrase:tw
English translation:treated water
Entered by: Martha Oschwald
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07:07 Oct 26, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / wells/ oil drilling/sands
German term or phrase: tw
This comes with very limited context. There are several graphs for this oil drilling project which analyze the oil rate, (water) injection rate, and also tw, which is provided in terms of percentage. The graphs' heading is Produktionsverlauf.

This might not be enough information but it's really all the context I have.
Martha Oschwald
Finland
Local time: 04:06
treated water
Explanation:
just a wild guess - percentage of reinjected production water.

http://www.google.de/patents?hl=de&lr=&vid=USPAT6733636&id=P...

http://www.unm.edu/~cstp/Reports/H2O_Session_4/4-5_Sullivan....

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Note added at 1 Tag5 Stunden (2011-10-27 12:26:22 GMT) Post-grading
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Dankeschön!
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Coqueiro
Local time: 03:06
Grading comment
Hmm. I did not know which to pick for this answer but based on the entire world's power consumption at 16 tw/year (as of 2006), I doubt that this project would require that much. Even though it could be Trinkwasser, I'm not sure why it would be abbreviated as lower case letters in German, which is why ultimately I'm deciding on treated water. Both, however, are possible and were mentioned in project use. Thank you all!
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Summary of answers provided
1 +1terawattsZareh Darakjian Ph.D.
1treated waterCoqueiro


Discussion entries: 2





  

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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
terawatts


Explanation:
If there is any chance of it referring to percentage of power...

Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
Local time: 18:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArmenianArmenian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MartaMariaC: I'd go along with this one, too - power consumption rate??
57 mins
neutral  Coqueiro: If it is really TW and not tw this would be a really giant project
1 hr
  -> Yes, TW is the correct abbreviation for terawatts. Also, yes, it would be a really huge project...
neutral  Lynda Hepburn: It seems very unlikely that terawatts would be graphed as a percentage
1 hr
  -> I thnk so too...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
treated water


Explanation:
just a wild guess - percentage of reinjected production water.

http://www.google.de/patents?hl=de&lr=&vid=USPAT6733636&id=P...

http://www.unm.edu/~cstp/Reports/H2O_Session_4/4-5_Sullivan....

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Note added at 1 Tag5 Stunden (2011-10-27 12:26:22 GMT) Post-grading
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Dankeschön!

Coqueiro
Local time: 03:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 84
Grading comment
Hmm. I did not know which to pick for this answer but based on the entire world's power consumption at 16 tw/year (as of 2006), I doubt that this project would require that much. Even though it could be Trinkwasser, I'm not sure why it would be abbreviated as lower case letters in German, which is why ultimately I'm deciding on treated water. Both, however, are possible and were mentioned in project use. Thank you all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.: A possibility. Or, as you mentioned, "Trinkwasser". I lean more toward something including "water" in it.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks - I'm still wondering what's the right answer ...
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