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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

central (noun)

English translation:

plant

Added to glossary by Justin Peterson
Mar 29, 2017 20:56
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

central (noun)

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation Refrigeration Systems
Context: Refrigeration and freezing systems for supermarkets.

Por otro lado, en algunos almacenes hemos implementados en congelación pequeñas unidades de CO2, que condensan sobre centrales de R-134a ya existentes.

2.- Se actuó en las centrales de frío existentes, y se incluyó la condensación flotante lo que ha ayudado a mejorar la eficiencia energética. Se actuó en 397 centrales de frío
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 plant
2 +1 unit
3 Station
3 installation /system

Discussion

Charles Davis Mar 30, 2017:
@Robert I was assuming it refers to a supermarket chain, or perhaps to a whole lot of supermarkets in different chains that have the same kind of "central".
Robert Carter Mar 30, 2017:
397 plants? I tend to agree that plants would seem to be the translation, but I'm stuck on the figure here: 397 of them, does that seem plausible?
Justin Peterson (asker) Mar 29, 2017:
You have a point there Yes, they are using unidades and centrales ... in the same sentence, actually, so "plant" does seem the best option
Charles Davis Mar 29, 2017:
Units To me the "unidades" are units (obviously), and they're being distinguished from the "centrales". So I don't think the centrales should be called units.
Justin Peterson (asker) Mar 29, 2017:
Strange but true: plant (or unit) As a layman, "plant" is a synonym for a factory or facility to me ... but it looks like, indeed, you have plants, in the plant room. And you can go check the plant, which to me would involve checking some vegetation, but, that's just my ignorance here. It does seem that "unit" works here too.
Charles Davis Mar 29, 2017:
The "pequeñas unidades de CO2" are devices or units. But the "centrales existentes" are plants.
Charles Davis Mar 29, 2017:
@Justin Just about every supermarket has a refrigeration plant, in the plant room. It doesn't mean a power station or anything like that. They can be quite small, but supermarkets need a lot of refrigeration. What makes you think it's a device? There's nothing in the texts you've quoted to indicate that.

Here's a photo of a central for a supermarket:
http://www.tekfri.com/servicios-de-refrigeracion
This is the central (the left-hand photo in the second row):
http://static.miweb.paginasamarillas.es/var/m_9/9c/9ce/5085/...

And here's a plant (see figure 3):
http://www.achrnews.com/articles/110587-co2-is-keeping-super...

It makes perfect sense for the manager to check the plant every day. See the last part of my last source on supermarket plant rooms.
Justin Peterson (asker) Mar 29, 2017:
But I believe it's a device, not a facility ... Charles: In the context here, they're talking about, for example, the manager checking the "central" everyday, at a small supermarket, to make sure there are no low-coolant alerts. There's not a "plant" in the back of the supermarket.

Proposed translations

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plant

"El equipo compacto ECOMARKET de CO2 subcrítico expuesto en el salón, es una central de refrigeración para supermercados con un circuito frigorífico en cascada paralela de CO2 subcrítico y R134a. La distribución de refrigerante es en CO2 tanto para temperaturas positivas (-10ºC) y negativas (-30ºC)."
http://www.aefyt.com/?p=3279

"Within the Ecomarket project, Intarcon has developed a range of compact refrigeration plants using a subcritical CO2 cycle with double-suction pressure for cooling at positive and negative temperatures.These plants are designed to meet refrigeration needs in supermarkets with medium and large surface areas, as well as industrial and catering establishments"
http://www.ifema.es/climatizacion_06/prensa/notasdeprensa/in...

"se incorporó un sistema para aprovechar el calor residual que emite la central de refrigeración (instalación frigorífica)."
http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/suplementos/2015/03/03/simply...

"Guide to Good Commercial Refrigeration Practice
[...]
A number of display cases can either be connected to one condensing unit, one stub, or branch of a central plant installation.
[...]
How pipework assemblies are designed and installed has an important impact on controlling the generation and transmission of noise and vibration in a refrigeration plant."
https://www.ior.org.uk/app/images/pdf/2-SystemDesignandCompo...
Peer comment(s):
agree Jennifer Levey : Yes. A 'plant' is a group of units having diverse individual functions - and the CO2 units they've added will, in effect, become part of the 'plant'.
1 hr
Thanks, Robin. That's right.
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : Yes - that's what I would have said.
3 hrs
Thanks, Muriel!
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+1
2 mins

unit

Perhaps?
R134a in the new refrigeration units by Intarcon - INTARCON
www.intarcon.com/en/r134a-units/
The great innovation in 2014 INTARCON catalogues are the new models with R134A refrigerant for positive temperature in all commercial series. According to .
Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac : = Central unit.
10 hrs
Thank you, Neil!
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10 hrs

Station

"Refrigeration" station is also an option.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2017-03-30 07:57:14 GMT)
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Basically, it just means "central unit", but if you feel you need to distinguish between other types of unit and don't like to repeat the words, this could be one option to consider.
Example sentence:

The invention relates to a concentrated refrigeration station deploy method; a high voltage distribution room, a low voltage distribution room, ..

Each refrigeration station consists of one 1200-W He I precooling unit shared in parallel by two 500-W, 1.85°K. He II refrigerators.

Reference:

http://www.currenta.com/refrigeration.html

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3205674.html

Peer comment(s):
neutral Charles Davis : "Central" doesn't mean central unit; it's "central" as in power station (but much smaller, of course): a set of units forming a system, as Robin says. "Station" is v. rare in native sources.
45 mins
In the query context, it looks/sounds like a central unit to me...
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installation /system


in a supermarket as mentionned in the description Under central de frío, the above should fit better
ADVANCES IN SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION SYSTEMSwww.arb.ca.gov/cc/commref/adv_supmkt_ref_syst.pdf · Fichier PDF
ADVANCES IN SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS Van D. Baxter, Oak Ridge National ... air-cooled condensers because these are the least cost to install …
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www.indeed.co.uk/Supermarket-Refrigeration-Installation-job...

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