autothermie

English translation: self-sustained combustion

12:59 Aug 18, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Physics
French term or phrase: autothermie
Document to do with treatment of VOCs

"La nature des COV est importante car chaque COV a un pouvoir calorifique spécifique.
Un des intérêt de l’oxydation thermique est d‘utiliser le pouvoir calorifique des gaz pour produire de la chaleur qui va le détruire: c’est l’autothermie."
Mpoma
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:16
English translation:self-sustained combustion
Explanation:
I think this is the meaning in this context. See https://books.google.ca/books?id=cLfy0Y5LUYgC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA... for its application to VOC destruction
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self-sustained combustion


Explanation:
I think this is the meaning in this context. See https://books.google.ca/books?id=cLfy0Y5LUYgC&pg=PA74&lpg=PA... for its application to VOC destruction

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neutral  chris collister: Much as I dislike neologisms, "autothermal" seems to be acceptable in EN, but only as an adjective. Hence my addition above of "pyrolysis"
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