Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

accrochage

English translation:

stalling

Added to glossary by Claire Cox
May 18, 2009 21:32
14 yrs ago
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French term

accrochage

French to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) Flue gas system
Can anyone clarify what's meant by "accrochage" here?

Les passages doivent être suffisamment larges pour assurer une bonne circulation des buées et fumées et éviter les accrochages (d'autant plus que les températures des gaz et des fumées sont plus élevées).

There are various meanings for accrochage, but it seems to mean "blockages" here and that's one meaning I haven't come across before. Can anyone throw any light on this?

Many thanks.

Claire
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 stalling
3 +1 hanging
4 mix-up
3 hitching

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stalling

Interesting that gases accrochent and that aeroplanes décrochent. I suppose it makes sense though, given that the phenomenon involved - gas moving through a solid and a solid moving through a gas - are the inverse of each other.

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Peer comment(s):

agree Bashiqa : The smoke etc gets 'stuck' up the chimney instead of flowing as it should.
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Yup, a prob in my 3-storey house with chimney protruding a further 4 m above the roof (steeply sloped): until the flue has warmed up, smoke cools before exiting and comes back down! And if it does exit, it comes down the adjacent flue!
agree Serena Warlu (X)
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hitching

avoid hitching

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hanging

If (repeat, if ) the context is heavy industry (steelworks, etc.) then ...

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agree Bourth (X) : Certainly said of blast furnaces
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mix-up

The passage should be big enough to ensure no mix-up of condensate and smoke .......
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