Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

bourrage

English translation:

packing

Added to glossary by Claire Cox
Jun 4, 2007 14:30
17 yrs ago
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French term

bourrage

French to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation Power station
From a set of flow calculations for a power plant:

Débit d'eau de bourrage des pompes alimentaires
- aller TP A1
- aller TP A2
- aller MP A
Débit total "aller" (=A)
- retour TP A1
- retour TP A2
- retour MP A
- débit total "retour" (=B)
Débit d'eau de fuites aux bourrages des 3 pompes vers bac des purges (=C)

I have no idea how to translate "bourrage" here - normally I would have thought it was "packing", but I can't see how that fits in.

Any suggestions/explanations very gratefully received, as ever...
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 packing
3 filling

Proposed translations

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packing

Packing is part of the sealing system of a pump. Evidently these pumps have a drain after the packing to let out any water that gets past it.

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Note added at 53 mins (2007-06-04 15:24:29 GMT)
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Here's some: http://www.chesterton.com/products/mp/product/?product=412W
Peer comment(s):

agree Kari Foster : yup
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Terry"
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filling

IATE gives lots of instances of bourrage as filling (remplissage) for water and other fluids. "Infeed" or simply "Input" might also be appropriate.
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