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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

DHY

English translation:

Petroleum hydrocarbon waste

Added to glossary by Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Oct 13, 2014 09:27
9 yrs ago
French term

DHY

French to English Tech/Engineering Environment & Ecology Waste disposal - type of waste
Type of construction waste in a diagram specifying the means of disposing of various types of hazardous and non-hazardous construction waste.

Liquid waste is a good guess, but I have not found any confirmation of this acronym elsewhere in the context of construction waste.
Goes together with DRI.

Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 Hydrocarbon waste

Discussion

Patricia Pabst Oct 14, 2014:
Wiki list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_waste_management_acrony...

Unfortuneately these are only in English, so the acronyms are probably not in the right order ;-). But it may give you some leads.
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman (asker) Oct 13, 2014:
@Duncan Can you please post Déchet hydrocarbure..as an answer so I can give you the points? This is a very likely solution.
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman (asker) Oct 13, 2014:
Thanks Denise! Will do that!
Denise Pavao Oct 13, 2014:
If you Google "Déchets de matériaux de construction", you'll find sites that deal in construction waste. Have a look - maybe you could email someone at one of the sites.
Chakib Roula Oct 13, 2014:
Hello,
I think Duncan has provided very interesting leads.
kashew Oct 13, 2014:
A safe bet: D = déchets, as Duncan surmises.
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman (asker) Oct 13, 2014:
@DLyons Without more context, it's just a guessing game. I totally agree, unless I find the exact acronym in a relevant standard environmental terminology resource for construction sites. :)
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman (asker) Oct 13, 2014:
@Duncan Thanks for excellent leads. Hydrocarbon waste makes sense, radioactive waste is less likely, but I haven't found any confirmation so far for either.
DLyons Oct 13, 2014:
Could they be the units resposible e.g. Direction de l'Hydraulique

Without more context, it's just a guessing game.
Duncan Moncrieff Oct 13, 2014:
DHY : Déchet hydrocarbure..?
DRI : Déchet radioactif inerte..?

These are really just guesses. Don't you have an accompanying text with the diagrams that might shed more light on this..?

Proposed translations

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Hydrocarbon waste

DHY = déchet hydrocarbure = hydrocarbon waste

"DHY ou Déchets hydrocarbures :
Ce sont tous les résidus pétroliers, propres ou légèrement souillés, ils sont classés en deux
catégories et listés ci-dessous :
Les DHY liquides : condensats, brut, fuel, huile de vidange, fluide hydraulique et de forage,
gasoil, récupération des purges de tous les dérivés d'hydrocarbures lors de travaux ou
d'étalonnages.
Les DHY pâteux : paraffine, sable et boue déposés au fond des capacités, graisses, résidus
visqueux, etc... " (http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/50/02/76/PDF/THES...
Peer comment(s):
agree Anca Florescu-Mitchell : Nice! You had time today :).// Even nicer then, "la chance ne sourit qu'aux esprits bien préparés"!
1 hr
Thanks Anca - no, not really, but when S&K asked me to write this answer I found the ref. straight off, and you saw for DAL...
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