Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

línea de flote

English translation:

flow line

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Apr 27, 2016 04:48
8 yrs ago
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Spanish term

línea de flote

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Petroleum Eng/Sci
Hi everyone, I'm translating an oil and gas industry document from Mexico. Below is the context in which, "línea de flote" appears:

"[La compañía] instalará un sistema de sensores y alarmas de detección de H2S en las áreas del equipo (Piso de perforación, Contrapozo, *Línea de flote*, temblorinas y presas de lodos). Realizara el mantenimiento, inspección, pruebas, y certificación de estos equipos y se asegurara de su óptimo funcionamiento en todo momento."

Thanks for your help!
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May 11, 2016 06:59: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

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flow line

"línea de flote,línea de flujo / flow line" (ignore the Chinese!)
http://documents.tips/documents/55cf9c99550346d033aa63aa.htm...

The following shows that it is a line in the sense of a pipe:

"1.10.6.- Línea de flote: La línea de flote debe de ser del diámetro requerido para un gasto de 1500 galones por minuto, con inclinación no menor de 20°, debe descargar al múltiple en T de temblorinas; este múltiple debe tener un distribuidor para alimentar de modo equitativo a las cajas de dos temblorinas en paralelo, debe contar con una conexión rápida macho de 6 pulgadas mínimo para derivar el flujo (by-pass) fuera de las temblorinas [...]"
http://www.pep.pemex.com/Licitaciones/Lists/LISTA/Attachment...

"desde la succión de la bomba hasta la descarga en la línea de flujo (línea de flote)."
http://html.rincondelvago.com/calculo-hidraulico.html

"Indicadores de flujo en la línea de flote."
http://tesis.ipn.mx/dspace/bitstream/123456789/15498/1/Contr...

"El flujo de lodo hacia la formación implica menos lodo volviendo por la línea de flote, que el bombeado al pozo."
https://issuu.com/biliovirtual/docs/fluidos-de-control/21

"A flow line, used on a drilling rig, is a large diameter pipe (typically a section of casing) that is connected to the bell nipple (under the drill floor) and extends to the possum belly (on the mud tanks) and acts as a return line, (for the drilling fluid as it comes out of the hole), to the mud tanks."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_line

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-04-27 06:18:08 GMT)
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Just seen your note to bigedsenior. You were right!
Peer comment(s):

agree Andrew Darling : Another example of "flow line" regarding HS2 gas detectors: http://www.fpsoforum.com/archive/Korea2007/Safety Cases Vali...
9 mins
Thanks, Andrew!
agree James Peel
2 hrs
Thanks, James :)
agree neilmac : You'd think it'd be "float line"...
5 hrs
You would. I don't get it, frankly. But the refs seem very clear. Cheers, Neil ;)
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water line

I think it is supposed to be 'linea de flotacion'.
Note from asker:
Could it also be "flow line"? I know I saw the pair "línea de flujo (línea de flote)" on a certain page, and the context was the oil and gas industry.
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6 hrs

floating line

to control oil,liquid or gas split
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