Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 25, 2014 16:35
9 yrs ago
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French term
pente
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Energy / Power Generation
Les variations de pression transitoires maximales sont limitées soit à 1% par seconde soit à une variation instantanée de pression de 5% (de la valeur actuelle).
La pente de 1%/sec est applicable sur toute la plage de pression autorisée.
Le saut de pression instantané de 5% est autorisé depuis la pression minimale jusqu'à 95% de la pression maximale autorisée.
La pente de 1%/sec est applicable sur toute la plage de pression autorisée.
Le saut de pression instantané de 5% est autorisé depuis la pression minimale jusqu'à 95% de la pression maximale autorisée.
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Jul 9, 2014 04:58: Tony M Created KOG entry
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slope
Although the overall context is not entirely clear, the meaning of this term seems unambiguous — we are clearly talking about a varying value, for which the slope of the variation must not exceed 1% per second.
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lucyab
: Pressure slope is a term I have seen before corresponding to a rate, so it seems to fit here.
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Thanks, Lucy!
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chris collister
: gradient and slope are pretty much interchangeable in most cases//Quite so, but any "field gradient" can be represented graphically, at least in 2-D
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Thanks, Chris! Yes, for a curve; but need to be wary of 'pressure gradient' in the physical sense.
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rate
I think this fits better than 'graph' or 'slope' for this doc.
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Tony M
: For it to correspond to 'slope', it would really need to be 'rate of change'.
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