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viciation de l’atmosphère environnante

English translation: contamination of the surrounding atmosphere/air

18:09 Jul 1, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / heaters
French term or phrase: viciation de l’atmosphère environnante
"Vérification de l’aptitude à la fonction d’un détecteur de CO2 utilisé comme dispositif de surveillance de la viciation de l’atmosphère environnante pour des appareils de chauffage mobile à combustible liquide spécifique "
From a test report on these CO2 detectors.
JabTrad
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:04
English translation:contamination of the surrounding atmosphere/air
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mdcdc
Local time: 01:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2contamination of the surrounding atmosphere/air
mdcdc
5vitiation, etc.
Bourth (X)
3fouling of the surrounding air/atmosphere
David Sirett
2air contamination or environmental contamination
Gabo Pena


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
viciation de l’atmosphère environnante
contamination of the surrounding atmosphere/air


Explanation:
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mdcdc
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Many thanks!

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agree  Erik Macki
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
air contamination or environmental contamination


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Gabo Pena
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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viciation de l’atmosphère environnante
fouling of the surrounding air/atmosphere


Explanation:
GDT: air vicié = foul air, black damp, ...
I'm reluctant to use polluted or contaminated here because the context is presumably an increase in concentration of carbon dioxide, which is a natural constituent of the atmosphere.

David Sirett
Local time: 10:04
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
viciation de l’atmosphère environnante
vitiation, etc.


Explanation:
"vitiation" is a perfectly acceptable, indeed normal, term in the fields of HVAC, ignition, etc.

BG Technology has conducted a series of tests to determine the behaviour of an open-flued central
heating boiler when operated with a fully blocked flue in compartments of various sizes. The objectives
were to assess the validity of the predictive oxygen vitiation alarm levels previously reported and to
provide data against which validation for the Combustion Product Gas Build-up Model.
The series of tests were carried out using a domestic central heating boiler deployed in compartments
installed into the BG Technology Test Facility, providing a configuration typical of that found in a
suburban house. The computerised data acquisition systems were deployed to monitor the air quality
within the compartment containing the boiler. Where the compartment was significantly larger than the appliance, either no vitiation occurred or the predictive vitiation level was attained prior to significant CO levels being observed.
[http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/crr_htm/2001/crr01384.htm]

The influence of vitiation of the ambient medium, characteristic of compartment fires, is evaluated in comparisons with experimental measurements in laboratory scale flames and then demonstrated in numerical simulations of larger scale fires.
[http://public.cranfield.ac.uk/me/me028/cfcg_www/effects of a...]

It is found that mechanisms exist such that a re-breathing of vitiated air can
account for a proportion of sudden infant deaths: in particular a sleeping ...
[espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~andrew/sids/node1.html]


Bourth (X)
Local time: 10:04
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