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abermalige Wärmeübertragung

English translation: subsequent heat exchange

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German term or phrase:abermalige Wärmeübertragung
English translation:subsequent heat exchange
Entered by: David Williams

07:51 May 17, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Solar power
German term or phrase: abermalige Wärmeübertragung
Context:

"Bei der CSP-Technik, wie sie etwa in Parabolrinnenkraftwerken zu finden ist sind wird die Sonneneinstrahlung gebündelt und ein Wärmeträgermedium erwärmt, welches dann nach abermaliger Wärmeübertragung eine Turbine samt Generator antreibt."

Talking about solar power generation using parabolic trough power plants. I can't find any reference that suggest that the heat transfer medium is heated repeatedly, or that the heat transfer process is repeated several times before it is used to drive a turbine and/or generator, and can't in fact find any other examples of such usage of the term "abermaliger Wärmeübertragung" either. What could this actually mean?

* Sentence or paragraph where the term occurs: See above
* Document type: Employee magazine
* Target audience: Industrial automation engineers
* Country and dialect (source): Germany
* Country and dialect (target): American English
David Williams
Germany
Local time: 06:17
after a subsequent heat exchange
Explanation:
As far as I can tell from a technical description, the heat transfer medium does not drive the turbine. Instead, it enters a heat-exchange module where a second heat exchange occurs that creates the steam that drives the turbine. The process is continuous, but that is not relevant here.

http://www.burkina.at/index.php?title=WU:Potentiale_der_Sola...
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mcbaruch
United States
Local time: 00:17
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Summary of answers provided
3after a subsequent heat exchange
mcbaruch
4 -1repeated heat transfer
trans4biz (X)
2continual heat transfer
Ramey Rieger (X)


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abermaliger Wärmeübertragung
continual heat transfer


Explanation:
In the systems they are developing here in Germany for private use, the generators need a continual heat transfer to function properly. I don't know if this helps!

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of: English
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after a subsequent heat exchange


Explanation:
As far as I can tell from a technical description, the heat transfer medium does not drive the turbine. Instead, it enters a heat-exchange module where a second heat exchange occurs that creates the steam that drives the turbine. The process is continuous, but that is not relevant here.

http://www.burkina.at/index.php?title=WU:Potentiale_der_Sola...

mcbaruch
United States
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repeated heat transfer


Explanation:
you could as well say
renewed heat transfer

trans4biz (X)
Local time: 06:17
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disagree  mcbaruch: No. If I understand the technical context correctly, it is a second, different, heat transfer. "Repeated" would imply the repetition of the same.
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