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avant foyer

English translation: pre-furnace chamber/pre-combustion chamber

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French term or phrase:avant foyer
English translation:pre-furnace chamber/pre-combustion chamber
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

11:43 Mar 19, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Energy / Power Generation / industrial boiler
French term or phrase: avant foyer
avant foyer GAS75QDTH-G

this is an item on a list of equipment being sold from a bankrupt company (There are also biomass and woodchip boilers for sale etc)

I found a definition (Reverso/Wiktionary)as

avant-foyer
nm (technologie) section du sol situé devant le foyer

I tried to find some helpful images but they are not really helping me decide on the correct translation.

https://www.google.ie/search?q=avant-foyer chaudiere&rlz=1C1...

so, is this some form of pre-combustion chamber or holding tank or something?
Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 11:19
pre-burner [also pre-combustion chamber]
Explanation:
Note pre-burner is less technical than pre-combustion chamber. Also, even larger, would be a pre-furnace burner, easily a million euros.

Many wood-gas turbines and generators require the final fuel to processed into a different form before final conversion in the main furnace. This would be performed in a separate chamber usually in front of the main chamber, hence pre-, and avant-, burner and foyer being equivalent (hearth, a place where something is burnt). Suitable for domestic to commercial enterprises, so size no problem.

See for example and descriptions of wood-burning generators:
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TDB_ODW1201.pdf/.../TDB_ODW1201.pdf
or
daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/docs/hertford/App_Forms_B_C_D.pdf‎




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2nd link
http://daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/docs/hertford/App_Forms_B...
If it still doesn't work, cut and paste into browser address bar, cut everything after the last ".pdf" extension. It should load.

1st link
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TDB_ODW1201.pdf

I have checked both links by separately cutting and pasting into the browser location bar, and both now download the relevant pdfs.

My apologies.

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The .us link is as above, with the editing comment below.

For some reason, Kudoz/ProZ is rewriting my URL entries.
Selected response from:

Mukesh Bhatt
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:19
Grading comment
Didn't hear back from client yet so it seems this is what was accepted. Could you please repost your links as they don't work?
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5pre-burner [also pre-combustion chamber]
Mukesh Bhatt
3 +1fore-hearth /settler
DLyons
3avant-foyer (not translated)
Mario Freitas
2burner
Anne Bohy


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fore-hearth /settler


Explanation:
A reservoir for iron or slag, accessible through a door at hearth level.

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Seems usable in a domestic setting also
http://books.google.fr/books?id=_8WjMTLJXq0C&pg=PT42

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 11:19
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Donal. No iron or slag involved here. Wood, chips and biomass are the fuels it seems.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chris collister: Sometimes referred to as an ash box or ash pan, I believe - even for large industrial equipment
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Chris.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
burner


Explanation:
On the page indicated below, I found the following:
"- système d'extraction et de transfert vers la chaudière, générateur de chaleur composé d'un brûleur (ou avant-foyer) et d'une chaudière, automate de conduite et de surveillance, système d'épuration des rejets gazeux et d'évacuation des cendres."
I've never heard this name "avant-foyer" in France, though. It may be local.


    Reference: http://www.senat.fr/rap/r05-436/r05-43624.html
Anne Bohy
France
Local time: 12:19
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you. Yes, I think it's some kind of pre-burner but not sure but this ref would tend to back that up

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
avant-foyer (not translated)


Explanation:
I found several references/sites in English where the term is not translated:

https://www.google.com.br/search?q="the avant-foyer" of the ...

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 07:19
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, but already knew that meaning of term. That is a totally different context and could possibly be called the front lobby/foyer or ante-foyer/ante-lobby (in English) of the Opera House. Here it's part of a boiler.

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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
pre-burner [also pre-combustion chamber]


Explanation:
Note pre-burner is less technical than pre-combustion chamber. Also, even larger, would be a pre-furnace burner, easily a million euros.

Many wood-gas turbines and generators require the final fuel to processed into a different form before final conversion in the main furnace. This would be performed in a separate chamber usually in front of the main chamber, hence pre-, and avant-, burner and foyer being equivalent (hearth, a place where something is burnt). Suitable for domestic to commercial enterprises, so size no problem.

See for example and descriptions of wood-burning generators:
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TDB_ODW1201.pdf/.../TDB_ODW1201.pdf
or
daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/docs/hertford/App_Forms_B_C_D.pdf‎




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Note added at 4 days (2014-03-24 10:03:31 GMT) Post-grading
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2nd link
http://daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/docs/hertford/App_Forms_B...
If it still doesn't work, cut and paste into browser address bar, cut everything after the last ".pdf" extension. It should load.

1st link
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TDB_ODW1201.pdf

I have checked both links by separately cutting and pasting into the browser location bar, and both now download the relevant pdfs.

My apologies.

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Note added at 4 days (2014-03-24 10:06:05 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

The .us link is as above, with the editing comment below.

For some reason, Kudoz/ProZ is rewriting my URL entries.

Mukesh Bhatt
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:19
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in GujaratiGujarati, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Didn't hear back from client yet so it seems this is what was accepted. Could you please repost your links as they don't work?
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, I asked the agency who will ask client but they think it's pre-furnace chamber so these are on the money!

Asker: Many thanks to all for help

Asker: Thanks, the link works and has very useful terminology, so hope it will help someone in future...

Asker: Thanks, linkS are useful

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