hog fuel

Spanish translation: combustible en astillas/desmenuzado

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English term or phrase:	hog fuel
Spanish translation:	combustible en astillas/desmenuzado
Entered by:	Luciano Giusti

02:32 Nov 11, 2009

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Energy / Power Generation / Biomass

English term or phrase: hog fuel

Would appreciate assistance from colleagues familiar with bioenergy terms in Spanish. The definition is:

hog fuel
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–noun wood chips or shavings, residue from sawmills, etc., used for fuel, landfill, animal feed, and surfacing paths and running tracks.

The context: "total cost of hog fuel with transporting".

TIA!

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Medina KudoZ activity Questions: 149 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 789
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combustible en astillas/desmenuzado

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http://chile-renovables.blogspot.com/2008_06_07_archive.html

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http://www.biofuelsb2b.com/useful_info.php?page=Gloss

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"Etymology: possibly from a nickname of the grinding machine used to create it, a "hog." The word for chopped (hacked) in Norwegian is hogge (hogde past tense). chopped wood has been hogde. Hogde fuel likely morphed into hog fuel."
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hog_fuel

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http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/y0909E/Glossary.pdf

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Luciano Giusti
Argentina
Local time: 08:43

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combustible en astillas/desmenuzado

Luciano Giusti

combustible en astillas, Combustible de madera desmenuzada

Hardy Moreno

combustible de residuos de la madera (hog fuel)

María Marta Semberoiz

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combustible en astillas/desmenuzado

Luciano Giusti
Argentina
Local time: 08:43
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks very much!

12 mins confidence:

combustible de residuos de la madera (hog fuel)

Explanation:
¡Ojalá te sea de utilidad!

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Hoover llena los coches de policía con el combustible residuos de ... Hoover es la primera ciudad de la nación que utiliza combustible de residuos de madera para mover algunos de sus coches de policía. El Alcalde Tony Petelos ...
www.al.com/.../hoover_llena_los_coches_de_pol.html - En caché - Similares
[PDF] Guías sobre medio ambiente, salud y seguridad para aserraderos y ... Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
o El combustible de residuos de madera debe tener un contenido húmedo constante. Mantener un almacenamiento separado de los residuos húmedos ...
www.ifc.org/.../0000199659ESes Sawmills and MWP- rev cc.pdf - Similares
leer el documento completo - || CarrosyClasicos.com || ... para vehículos Honda - Subaru en Barranquilla - Japón extraerá combustible de residuos de madera - Carlos Huertas probará en Fórmula Renault - GNC lanza ...
www.carrosyclasicos.com/a.php?a=273 - En caché - Similares

María Marta Semberoiz
Argentina
Local time: 08:43
Native speaker of:

Spanish

13 hrs confidence:

combustible en astillas, Combustible de madera desmenuzada

Explanation:
According to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hog_fuel: Hog fuel is possibly from a nickname of the grinding machine used to create it, a "hog." The word for chopped (hacked) in Norwegian is hogge (hogde past tense). chopped wood has been hogde. Hogde fuel likely morphed into hog fuel.

combustible en astillas, Combustible de madera desmenuzada
tengo un glossary bueno que te lo puedo enviar.

Hardy Moreno
Local time: 06:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

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