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cabecera (in this context)

English translation: source

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Spanish term or phrase:cabecera (in this context)
English translation:source
Entered by: Eileen Brophy

20:32 May 21, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Renewable energy plant construction
Spanish term or phrase: cabecera (in this context)
This is the text: Previsiones sobre la demanda de uso de la infraestructura
Este capítulo recoge las estimaciones de las necesidades de tratamiento de residuos del CMG1, en base al estudio de prognosis “Revisión del dimensionamiento de la planta de valorización energética con pre-tratamiento mecánico biológico centralizado en cabecera, adoptado en el escenario base modificado del documento de progreso del Plan Integral de Gestión de Residuos Urbanos XXXXXXXXX
Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 10:03
source
Explanation:
cabecera means head, upper part, top, source. Pre treatment is usually done at the source.
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Avril Shirley
Jamaica
Local time: 03:03
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Summary of answers provided
3source
Avril Shirley
3beforehand
Wendy Streitparth
2entry point
patinba


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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
source


Explanation:
cabecera means head, upper part, top, source. Pre treatment is usually done at the source.

Avril Shirley
Jamaica
Local time: 03:03
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
beforehand


Explanation:
But in my opinion you could leave it out, as it is a repetition of "pre-tratamiento".

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 10:03
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
entry point


Explanation:
I suspect it means that before being turned into energy the waste is treated when it reached the plant.

The Sustainable City V: Urban Regeneration and Sustainability
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1845641280
A. Gospodini, ‎C. A. Brebbia, ‎Enzo Tiezzi - 2008 - ‎Architecture
The primary task of mechanical and biological treatment is mechanical waste ... value thus it should be used for energy recovery in waste to energy plants (WEP). ... following stages: • entry into the treatment, • grinding, • intermediate storage, ...

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 05:03
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