Zuurtrap

English translation: acid trap

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Dutch term or phrase:Zuurtrap
English translation:acid trap
Entered by: Luca Tutino

16:26 Oct 31, 2010
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Dutch term or phrase: Zuurtrap
Text about a "zuurwasser" used as an air purification equipment for a stock farming facility.

The word "zuurtrap" comes in the following (isolated) strings:

"Instellen zuurtrap"
"Maximale tijden vullen/spuien zuurtrap:"
"Vertragingstijden vlotters zuurtrap:"

I am translating "zuurwasser" (into Italian) as "scrubber", so I need a more specific term for "zuurtrap" (or a less specific term for "zuurwasser" I guess).
Luca Tutino
Italy
acid trap
Explanation:
Another guess. Very different than my other guess.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-31 17:55:54 GMT)
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Not off the top of my head, but there are quite a few.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-31 18:12:17 GMT)
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How about: "Je bent vreselijk gestrest, neem even een time out." :)
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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:54
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Summary of answers provided
1 +2acid trap
Michael Beijer
Summary of reference entries provided
some more context: "VALIDATIE VAN EEN MEETMETHODE VOOR NH3 IN EMISSIES"
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zuurtrap
acid trap


Explanation:
Another guess. Very different than my other guess.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-31 17:55:54 GMT)
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Not off the top of my head, but there are quite a few.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-31 18:12:17 GMT)
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How about: "Je bent vreselijk gestrest, neem even een time out." :)


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=scrubber+acid+...
Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
Thank you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Michael. As a Dutch native speaker you find it possible, or even normal, that the English word "trap" has been used as such (with the original meaning) in the compound word "zuurtrap" despite the fact that "trap" has a different meaning in Dutch? Are there more samples like this one coming to mind?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Josephine Isaacs (X): Acid trap is certainly used in agriculture in this context (in English) and refers to an acid solution.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Josephine.

agree  toybox: An acid trap [= vang] is a filter area in a scrubber used to prevent the free flow of acid or to capture acid. There are plenty of explanations and reliable definitions on the internet to verify this.
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19 mins
Reference: some more context: "VALIDATIE VAN EEN MEETMETHODE VOOR NH3 IN EMISSIES"

Reference information:
"De meeste natchemische methodes zijn gestandardiseerde methodes. Bij deze methodes wordt NH3 in een geschikte zuuroplossing (zuurtrap of scrubber) bemonsterd en wordt vervolgens een concentratiebepaling van NH4+ in de oplossing uitgevoerd. Het bemonsterde gasvolume wordt geregistreerd en uit de concentratie van NH4+ in de oplossing en het bemonsterde gasvolume kan de concentratie in de lucht berekend worden. De meestgebruikte zure traps voor de bemonstering van NH3 bevatten boorzuur (H3BO3), zwavelzuur (H2SO4) en orthofosforzuur."

"Tabel 2: Gestandardiseerde natte methoden gebruikt om ammoniak in zure trappen te meten (Ji-Qin NI et al, 2005)"

"'Uitlezing'
Directe uitlezing is een belangrijk kenmerk vooral bij veldmetingen. Technieken met directe uitlezing leveren een onmiddellijke NH3-concentratie op vlak na de meting.
Technieken met indirecte uitlezing vereisen een aantal procedures en toestellen bijvoorbeeld het trappen van NH3 in een zuur collectie-medium gevolgd door een laboratoriumanalyse (nat- chemische analysemethode). Deze methodes vergen dus meer tijd alvorens resultaten bekomen worden."

Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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