(Anlagen-) Laufzeit

English translation: operating lifetime

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German term or phrase:	(Anlagen-) Laufzeit
English translation:	operating lifetime
Entered by:	Alan Johnson

10:53 Sep 26, 2005

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Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation

German term or phrase: (Anlagen-) Laufzeit

Ich weiß zwar, dass diese Frage schon öfters gestellt wurde, dennoch bin ich mir nicht sicher, welcher Begriff in diesem Kontext der passende ist:

Das Heizkraftwerk macht nach fast 10 Jahren ***Laufzeit*** äußerlich einen guten Eindruck [...] Brennstoffpreis und -aufkommen müssen stark Fokus gehalten werden, denn im Zusammenhang mit der ***Anlagenlaufzeit*** sind dies die Hauptkriterien für eine hohe Wirtschaftlichkeit.
Um hohe ***Laufzeiten*** zu erreichen, muss der vorbeugenden Instandhaltung besonderes Augenmerk gewidmet werden.

Tanja Spath-Nagazi KudoZ activity Questions: 1113 (7 open) (59 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 7 Germany
Local time: 04:24

operating lifetime

Explanation:
or operating time or running time, etc.

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Note added at 2005-09-26 12:33:21 (GMT)
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As Claire has pointed out, though, you are really looking for different terms with different contexts. Please ask one question at a time with one term at a time.

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Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 04:24

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Thanks for your help and for your comment.
I've used different terms in these different contexts.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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operating lifetime

Alan Johnson

4 +3

service life

Claire Cox

4 +1

uptime

Terence Ajbro

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peer agreement (net): +4

operating lifetime

Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 04:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 149

Grading comment

Thanks for your help and for your comment.
I've used different terms in these different contexts.

28 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

uptime

Explanation:
for "hohe Laufzeiten" only.

Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Local time: 04:24
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

service life

Explanation:
Would be another option, although Alan's "operating lifetime" is fine. I'd be tempted to use different terms in your different contexts though, using just "operation" for its first appearance "after almost ten years of operation", then "along with a long service life" for the second and third occurrences.

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 74

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