Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

IRDEFA

English translation:

cooling tower

Added to glossary by MoiraB
Mar 26, 2018 10:03
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French term

IRDEFA

French to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation
In a marketing text about boiler technology:

Pour analyser l'eau des circuits de refroidissement (IRDEFA) industriels et collectifs

IRDEFA stands for: 'installations de refroidissement d'air par dispersion d'eau dans un flux d'air'

Any help with the specific term would be much appreciated, thanks.
Proposed translations (English)
4 cooling tower
Change log

Apr 2, 2018 08:58: MoiraB Created KOG entry

Discussion

Lucy Hill (asker) Mar 26, 2018:
Thanks - I wasn't clear if it was a direct synonym. The text also mentions 'TAR' later on.
Alison Wedley Mar 26, 2018:
Not my area of expertise, but on this website it suggests they are also called Tour Aéro-réfrigérante (TAR) - http://www.legionelle-corse.fr/index.php/reglementation/tour... = air-cooling tower or aero-refrigeration tower

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cooling tower

If IRDEFA and tour aéroréfrigérante are synonyms (as this site also suggests: http://www.refdoc.fr/Detailnotice?cpsidt=28344473), then it's just a cooling tower.

"A cooling tower is a heat rejection device that rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a water stream to a lower temperature."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_tower
Note from asker:
Thanks, that link does shed light.
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