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mvp

English translation: mWc

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Swedish term or phrase:mvp
English translation:mWc
Entered by: Suzanne Blangsted (X)

00:06 Feb 20, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Energy / Power Generation / water circulation pumps
Swedish term or phrase: mvp
In a water recirculation plant:

Tryckuppsättning, nominellt ca. 55 mvp
David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 07:22
mWc
Explanation:
Meter vattenpelare - water column (m = meter)
Förkortas mvp och är ett gammalt tryckmått. 1 mvp =9,81 kPa

The height of a water column indicating the pressure prevailing in a pipe or apparatus.

http://www.bdsensors.com/produkte/fuellstand/keramik

You can check vattenpelare on Eurodicautum
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Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 07:22
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4 +1mWc
Suzanne Blangsted (X)


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mWc


Explanation:
Meter vattenpelare - water column (m = meter)
Förkortas mvp och är ett gammalt tryckmått. 1 mvp =9,81 kPa

The height of a water column indicating the pressure prevailing in a pipe or apparatus.

http://www.bdsensors.com/produkte/fuellstand/keramik

You can check vattenpelare on Eurodicautum


Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 07:22
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  asptech: but it really should be expressed in bars instead, t.e. 5,5 bar
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Thanks. Yes, it is an old fashioned term.
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