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pluggage

English translation: blockage

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English term or phrase:pluggage
Selected answer:blockage
Entered by: Fathy Shehatto

08:20 Nov 29, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems / Oil recovering
English term or phrase: pluggage
These steps are designed to recover all available oil as well as to eliminate adverse impacts, such as corrosion, fouling and pluggage, associated with the presence or precipitation of residual hydrocarbons, solids and other foulants during downstream processes used in the recycling of water.
Fathy Shehatto
Egypt
Local time: 17:00
blockage
Explanation:
pipes becoming blocked as a result of the presence of residual hydrocarbons
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:00
Grading comment
Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +6blockage
Jack Doughty


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
blockage


Explanation:
pipes becoming blocked as a result of the presence of residual hydrocarbons

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
1 hr
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agree  Arabic & More
4 hrs
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agree  Veronika McLaren
5 hrs
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agree  jccantrell: Yep and pipes get plugged as well as blocked.
7 hrs
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agree  eski
8 hrs
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agree  Teresa Reinhardt
22 hrs
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