desfinamiento (mistake?)

English translation: desilting

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Spanish term or phrase:"desfinamiento"/ eliminacion de finos
English translation:desilting
Entered by: psicutrinius

16:37 Feb 8, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / condensate polisher
Spanish term or phrase: desfinamiento (mistake?)
This terms comes in a list of actions to be carried out in relation to a condensate polisher. As far as I can see, this word does not exist. Could it be something like "removal of ions" in the context?

"Carga de resina, ***desfinamiento*** por medio de retrolavado exhaustivo y doble regeneración en caso de que la resina se encuentre en estado agotado"
Sarah Weston
United Kingdom
eliminación de finos
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Note added at 16 minutos (2009-02-08 16:54:47 GMT)
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Si estoy en lo cierto, "retrolavado" (es decir, lavado a contracorriente) > "Counterflow cleaning", y "desfinado" (es decir, eliminación de finos) > "silt removing" (o removal), o "de-silting"
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psicutrinius
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4eliminación de finos
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¿retrolavado?
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eliminación de finos


Explanation:
Ver comentario.

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Note added at 16 minutos (2009-02-08 16:54:47 GMT)
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Si estoy en lo cierto, "retrolavado" (es decir, lavado a contracorriente) > "Counterflow cleaning", y "desfinado" (es decir, eliminación de finos) > "silt removing" (o removal), o "de-silting"

psicutrinius
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8 mins
Reference: ¿retrolavado?

Reference information:
Mientras voy dándole vueltas al "desfinamiento", lo que sí está claro es que se trata de "lavado en contracorriente".

Ah y, por cierto, "desfinamiento", como dices, no existe. ¿No será "eliminación de finos" lo que intentan decir?.

Una de dos: o esto es una "retraducción" o el autor del original escribía en SU idioma, no en español (o más bien para sí mismo...)

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