Túneis de adução

English translation: headrace tunnels

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Portuguese term or phrase:Túneis de adução
English translation:headrace tunnels
Entered by: Douglas Bissell

15:14 Nov 25, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geography / Geology Hydroelectric schemes
Portuguese term or phrase: Túneis de adução
Túneis de adução dos grupos 1 a 3 (Miranda I) - 6 m de diâmetro característico útil (64 m2); Central em caverna (Miranda I) –19,6 m de largura x 42,7 m de altura; Túneis de restituição – 9m de diâmetro; Túnel de adução do grupo 4 (Miranda II) - circular com 10,8 m de diâmetro de escavação (92 m2); Túnel de restituição grupo 4 - secção variável com o máximo de180 m²; Poço do grupo 4 – circular com 24,5m de diâmetro.

Inlet tunnel? delivery tunnel?
Douglas Bissell
Portugal
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headrace tunnels
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Ver (apesar de ser em ES, o termo é igual a PT): http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/construction_ci...
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 21:17
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Nice one, thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3headrace tunnels
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4(water) conveyance tunnels
liz askew
4adduction tunnels
Marlene Curtis
4supply tunnels
Nick Taylor
4inlet tunnels..intake tunnels
airmailrpl


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(water) conveyance tunnels


Explanation:
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=adduction d'eau water suppl...
1. Scheme Modernisation Project « Snowy Hydro
www.snowyhydro.com.au/energy/hydro/scheme-modernisation-pro...
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Modernisation of the Snowy Mountains Scheme Power Stations will ... and engineering solutions for water conveyance tunnels are enabling future tunnel ...
adduction d'eau translation English | French dictionary | Reverso
dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/adduction%20d'eau‎
adduction d'eau translation english, French - English dictionary, meaning, see also 'adduction',eau douce',eau',EAU', example of use, ... nf water conveyance.


liz askew
United Kingdom
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adduction tunnels


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http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2012/Porto/FWREM/F...

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Another link.

http://www.acciona-engineering.com/activity-areas/civil-infr...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 33

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  T o b i a s: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/other/135706...
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headrace tunnels


Explanation:
Ver (apesar de ser em ES, o termo é igual a PT): http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/construction_ci...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 21:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Nice one, thanks

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agree  T o b i a s: http://tinyurl.com/norubbish
16 mins
  -> Obrigada, Tobias!

agree  Tatiana Elizabeth: Tatiana Elizabeth
37 mins
  -> Obrigada, Tatiana!

agree  Gilmar Fernandes: IATE also uses this term for "túnel/canal de adução".
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  -> Thanks, Gilmar!
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supply tunnels


Explanation:
supply tunnels

Nick Taylor
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inlet tunnels..intake tunnels


Explanation:
Túneis de adução => inlet tunnels..intake tunnels

NEELUM JHELUM HYDROPOWER PROJECT - Wapda
www.wapda.gov.pk/vision2025/htmls_vision2025/njhp.html
Oct 31, 2013 - Neelum Jhelum Hydroelectric Project (NJHEP) is located in the vicinity ... A six gate tunnel intake structure of 280 cumecs capacity will be ...

Problems posed to a Moroccan hydroelectric facility inlet tunnel by ...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/088677989190144S
Some 130 km east of Marrakech, Morocco, in the High Atlas Mountains, the Ammougguez hydroelectric facility comprises, in part, a 7-km-long ..

TÚNEL DE ADUÇÃO - Eletrobras
www.eletrobras.com/.../FileDownload.ThrSvc.asp?...
TÚNEL DE ADUÇÃO. Arranjos com Túnel de Adução. Quando a casa de força da PCH não é incorporada ao barramento, poderá ser cogitada a adução das ...

O Projeto - Consórcio Empresarial SALTO PILÃO
www.usinasaltopilao.com.br/obra/projeto.asp
O túnel de adução representa o principal trecho do sistema de canalização subterrânea e, no seu emboque, está a tomada de água com comportas, instaladas ...

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 18:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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