Abbau

English translation: decomposition (here)

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German term or phrase:Abbau
English translation:decomposition (here)
Entered by: Alison Schwitzgebel

08:19 Aug 6, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci / biodiesel
German term or phrase: Abbau
"effektivere Verbrennung und Abbau alter CO2-Ablagerungen durch bessere Schmiereigenschaften führen zu einer längeren Lebensdauer des Motors"

In a piece talking about the economic advantages of biodiesel.

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Alison
Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 16:22
decomposition
Explanation:
I'm thinking that they are talking about thermal decomposition of carbon dioxide here, since "CO2 degradation" wouldn't make much sense in the context (making CO2 degradation more effective kind of sounds like an oxymoron), but I would recommend waiting and seeing what other people think as well

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/group2/thermstab.html

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internal combustion engine with spark ignition and the LP combustor for the GT engine ..... and the third step is the carbon dioxide decomposition to carbon ...
faculty.washington.edu/malte/pubs/IgorMaster.pdf - Similar pages

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Local time: 07:22
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3 +2decomposition
Marcelo Silveyra
3burning off / removal
Harry Borsje


  

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decomposition


Explanation:
I'm thinking that they are talking about thermal decomposition of carbon dioxide here, since "CO2 degradation" wouldn't make much sense in the context (making CO2 degradation more effective kind of sounds like an oxymoron), but I would recommend waiting and seeing what other people think as well

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/group2/thermstab.html

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[PDF]
Thesis proposal
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
internal combustion engine with spark ignition and the LP combustor for the GT engine ..... and the third step is the carbon dioxide decomposition to carbon ...
faculty.washington.edu/malte/pubs/IgorMaster.pdf - Similar pages



Marcelo Silveyra
United States
Local time: 07:22
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burning off / removal


Explanation:
Burning off is the usual terminology for carbon (sic) deposits, but the effect is that (old) deposits are gradually removed. Verbrennung, on the other hand, should be translated as combustion.


    Reference: http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5028405-claims.html
Harry Borsje
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Local time: 16:22
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