Fwd: Antw:Fwd: Re: DIG-L: Help with German digester terms

[doelle <doelle@ozemail.com.au>]

>I have consulted my German friends and the answer below is in German.

Ausfaulzeit means digestion time and NOT sanitation time. The rest I think 
can be easily recognised.


>Ausfaulzeit = Faulzeit, die englische Übersetzung dürfte sein digestion 
>time (nicht sanitation time).
>The time needed to degrade, to break down (anaerobically), to digest 
>organic matter. Zu oTS: organische Trockensubstanz = trockene organische 
>Substanz. Organische Substanz, organisches Material = organic substance, 
>organic matter; Trockensubstanz = dry matter, dry mass. oTS... organic dry 
>matter, organic dry mass or dry organic matter.

I hope that this answers the questoin put by Brian.
Best regards
Horst Doelle

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> >>Dear Simm,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Simm wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Dear Marc,
> >> >
> >> > At 11:09 PM 06/24/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >> > >I have a translation job in house concerning anaerobic digestion which
> >> > >contains the following German words and abbreviations that I am not 
> sure
> >> > >of:
> >> > >
> >> > >organische Trockensubstanz (oTS): which I translate "dry organic 
> matter"
> >>
> >>Thanks to you and Brian Smyla for your help so far. Here's some context
> >>for you and anybody else who wants to help:
> >>
> >>"Infolge des geringen Wasseranteils ergeben sich hohe Gehalte an
> >>biologisch abbaubarer organischer Substanz (stoffliche Grundlage des
> >>Vergärungsprozesses). Quantitativ-analytisch als organische
> >>Trockensubstanz (oTS) bestimmt, dient sie als entscheidender
> >>Auslegungsparameter zum Dimensionieren von Gärreaktoren. Deren
> >>Reaktionsvolumina werden u.a. auf Basis der so genannten
> >>oTS-Raumbelastung festgelegt, wobei die in Abbildung 3 gezeigten
> >>Zusammenhänge eine Rolle spielen."
> >>
> >> > >but what are the customary term and abbreviation in English?
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > No idea.
> >> >
> >> > >Ausfaulzeit: which I translate "sanitation time,"
> >> >
> >> > Ausfaulzeit can be understood like this but it could also mean retention
> >> > time. Can you send me the whole sentence?
> >>
> >>It's definitely not retention time - they use the term Verweilzeit for
> >>that. Here's the sentence in question:
> >>
> >>"Trotz der geringeren Prozessstabilität werden Anlagen auch im
> >>thermophilen Bereich betrieben (50-55 °C), da hier von der erhöhten
> >>Abbaugeschwindigkeit des Faulpro-zesses profitiert werden kann. Diese
> >>hat gleichzeitig eine höhere Gasproduktion, kürzere Ausfaulzeiten und
> >>somit auch niedrigere Methangehalte im Biogas zur Folge (ANONYMUS,
> >>1999).
> >>
> >> > >but is this the
> >> > >customary term?
> >>
> >>Best to all
> >>Marc de Piolenc
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Horst W.Doelle, D.Sc., D.Sc. [h.c.]
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