Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Poste Blindé
English translation:
Gas Insulated Substation
Added to glossary by
Manoj Chauhan
Aug 26, 2012 15:19
11 yrs ago
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French term
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Poste Blindé
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Tender dossier
This term is appeared in the tender dossier (for supply & implementation)
Poste Blindé 220/60 kV de RAVIN BLANC- 2*120 MVA (Extensible à 3 x 120 MVA)
Poste Blindé 220/60 kV de RAVIN BLANC- 2*120 MVA (Extensible à 3 x 120 MVA)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | Gas Insulated Substation |
Daryo
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| 4 | armoured substation |
Dominique Stiver
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References
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Tony M
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Proposed translations
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Gas Insulated Substation
Gas Insulated Substation
Poste Blindé 220/60 kV de RAVIN BLANC- 2*120 MVA (Extensible à 3 x 120 MVA)
Gas Insulated Substation comprising Step-Down Transformers 220/60kV (from 220kV to 60kV) located at RAVIN BLANC (Algeria) - two units of 120 MVA power each (extensible to 3 units of 120 MVA power each).
"Postes GIS "blindés"
Les postes à isolation gazeuse, appelés en France PSEM (postes Sous Enveloppe Métallique), ou GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear). On parle parfois de « postes blindés »."
[http://www.eureos.net/postes-haute-tension/postes-electrique...]
"What is gas insulated substation(GIS) ?
A gas insulated substation is an electrical substation in which the major structures are contained in a sealed environment with sulfur hexafluoride gas as the insulating medium. Gas insulated substations originated in Japan where the there a major need to develop technology that would allow substations to be made as compact as possible...."
[http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2009061801173...]
Poste Blindé 220/60 kV de RAVIN BLANC- 2*120 MVA (Extensible à 3 x 120 MVA)
Gas Insulated Substation comprising Step-Down Transformers 220/60kV (from 220kV to 60kV) located at RAVIN BLANC (Algeria) - two units of 120 MVA power each (extensible to 3 units of 120 MVA power each).
"Postes GIS "blindés"
Les postes à isolation gazeuse, appelés en France PSEM (postes Sous Enveloppe Métallique), ou GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear). On parle parfois de « postes blindés »."
[http://www.eureos.net/postes-haute-tension/postes-electrique...]
"What is gas insulated substation(GIS) ?
A gas insulated substation is an electrical substation in which the major structures are contained in a sealed environment with sulfur hexafluoride gas as the insulating medium. Gas insulated substations originated in Japan where the there a major need to develop technology that would allow substations to be made as compact as possible...."
[http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2009061801173...]
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Well found! I was getting there...
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Thanks!
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Dr Lofthouse
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Thanks!
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chris collister
: I assume "blindé" is covered by "Sous Enveloppe Métallique" - both armoured and screened
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yes, thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks once again for your appropriate answer, Regards, "
47 mins
Dominique Stiver
France
France
Native in French
Works in field
France
Quality & Reliability
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, German to French, French to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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armoured substation
nous avons comme info : 220/60 kV
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Of the several possible meanings of 'blindé', I would say that this is probably the least plausible in this context — though the only way to be sure is to know a whole lot more about the wider context!
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Daryo
: more in the meaning of being "enclosed", although it's got to be a pretty strong enclosure as the gas inside is under pressure.
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Reference comments
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Reference:
Source text
OK, this appears to be the source text from which this short extrat is taken:
http://www.made-in-algeria.com/data_4/ao_imprim_report.php?p...
Doesn't help a lot, though the rest of the tender document probably would...
http://www.made-in-algeria.com/data_4/ao_imprim_report.php?p...
Doesn't help a lot, though the rest of the tender document probably would...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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writeaway
: nice that you were kind enough to provide context since requests to asker were completely ignored
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Thanks, W/A! Yes, it wans't exactly hard to find, and as it's clearly in the public domain...
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