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tiempo de permanencia

English translation: dissipation time


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Spanish term or phrase:tiempo de permanencia
English translation:dissipation time
Entered by: Dr Neil Ashby
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11:24 Dec 21, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / Fire fighting
Spanish term or phrase: tiempo de permanencia
From a documento from Spain for translation to UK English.

In fixed fire fighting installations where a gas is discharged into a room to smother the fire. The time the gas remains above a given concentration as it leaks away.

"Con los datos obtenidos, el equipo realiza los cálculos para determinar el área real de fugas y el tiempo de permanencia del agente extintor en el riesgo."
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dissipation time
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3 +5dissipation time
Dr Neil Ashby
3dwell timeliz askew


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
dissipation time


Explanation:
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Dr Neil Ashby
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Local time: 08:34
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dwell time


Explanation:
VATIS Update Ozone Layer Protection . Mar-Apr 2007 - Techmonitor
www.techmonitor.net/tm/index.php?title=VATIS_Update...
6 Aug 2010 – VATIS Update Ozone Layer Protection is published 6 times a year to keep the ...... the bay, displacing the available oxygen and effectively smothering the fire. ... concentrations and dwell times of the fire extinguishing gases to ...

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(KudoZ) English to Spanish translation of dwell time: tiempo de permanencia [Tech/Engineering].

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