Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
avant foyer
English translation:
pre-furnace chamber/pre-combustion chamber
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Gallagher
Mar 19, 2014 11:43
10 yrs ago
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French term
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
avant foyer
French to English
Other
Energy / Power Generation
industrial boiler
avant foyer GAS75QDTH-G
this is an item on a list of equipment being sold from a bankrupt company (There are also biomass and woodchip boilers for sale etc)
I found a definition (Reverso/Wiktionary)as
avant-foyer
nm (technologie) section du sol situé devant le foyer
I tried to find some helpful images but they are not really helping me decide on the correct translation.
https://www.google.ie/search?q=avant-foyer chaudiere&rlz=1C1...
so, is this some form of pre-combustion chamber or holding tank or something?
this is an item on a list of equipment being sold from a bankrupt company (There are also biomass and woodchip boilers for sale etc)
I found a definition (Reverso/Wiktionary)as
avant-foyer
nm (technologie) section du sol situé devant le foyer
I tried to find some helpful images but they are not really helping me decide on the correct translation.
https://www.google.ie/search?q=avant-foyer chaudiere&rlz=1C1...
so, is this some form of pre-combustion chamber or holding tank or something?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | pre-burner [also pre-combustion chamber] |
Mukesh Bhatt
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| 3 +1 | fore-hearth /settler |
DLyons
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| 3 | avant-foyer (not translated) |
Mario Freitas
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| 2 | burner |
Anne Bohy
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Change log
Mar 24, 2014 09:57: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
16 hrs
Mukesh Bhatt
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Native in: Gujarati 
, English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Gujarati to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
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pre-burner [also pre-combustion chamber]
Note pre-burner is less technical than pre-combustion chamber. Also, even larger, would be a pre-furnace burner, easily a million euros.
Many wood-gas turbines and generators require the final fuel to processed into a different form before final conversion in the main furnace. This would be performed in a separate chamber usually in front of the main chamber, hence pre-, and avant-, burner and foyer being equivalent (hearth, a place where something is burnt). Suitable for domestic to commercial enterprises, so size no problem.
See for example and descriptions of wood-burning generators:
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TDB_ODW1201.pdf/.../TDB_ODW1201.pdf
or
daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/docs/hertford/App_Forms_B_C_D.pdf
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2nd link
http://daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/docs/hertford/App_Forms_B...
If it still doesn't work, cut and paste into browser address bar, cut everything after the last ".pdf" extension. It should load.
1st link
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TDB_ODW1201.pdf
I have checked both links by separately cutting and pasting into the browser location bar, and both now download the relevant pdfs.
My apologies.
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The .us link is as above, with the editing comment below.
For some reason, Kudoz/ProZ is rewriting my URL entries.
Many wood-gas turbines and generators require the final fuel to processed into a different form before final conversion in the main furnace. This would be performed in a separate chamber usually in front of the main chamber, hence pre-, and avant-, burner and foyer being equivalent (hearth, a place where something is burnt). Suitable for domestic to commercial enterprises, so size no problem.
See for example and descriptions of wood-burning generators:
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TDB_ODW1201.pdf/.../TDB_ODW1201.pdf
or
daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/docs/hertford/App_Forms_B_C_D.pdf
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Note added at 4 days (2014-03-24 10:03:31 GMT) Post-grading
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2nd link
http://daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/docs/hertford/App_Forms_B...
If it still doesn't work, cut and paste into browser address bar, cut everything after the last ".pdf" extension. It should load.
1st link
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/TDB_ODW1201.pdf
I have checked both links by separately cutting and pasting into the browser location bar, and both now download the relevant pdfs.
My apologies.
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Note added at 4 days (2014-03-24 10:06:05 GMT) Post-grading
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The .us link is as above, with the editing comment below.
For some reason, Kudoz/ProZ is rewriting my URL entries.
Note from asker:
| Thanks, I asked the agency who will ask client but they think it's pre-furnace chamber so these are on the money! |
| Many thanks to all for help |
| Thanks, the link works and has very useful terminology, so hope it will help someone in future... |
| Thanks, linkS are useful |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Didn't hear back from client yet so it seems this is what was accepted. Could you please repost your links as they don't work?"
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7 mins
fore-hearth /settler
A reservoir for iron or slag, accessible through a door at hearth level.
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Seems usable in a domestic setting also
http://books.google.fr/books?id=_8WjMTLJXq0C&pg=PT42
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Seems usable in a domestic setting also
http://books.google.fr/books?id=_8WjMTLJXq0C&pg=PT42
Note from asker:
| Thanks Donal. No iron or slag involved here. Wood, chips and biomass are the fuels it seems. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
chris collister
: Sometimes referred to as an ash box or ash pan, I believe - even for large industrial equipment
10 hrs
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Thanks Chris.
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10 hrs
burner
On the page indicated below, I found the following:
"- système d'extraction et de transfert vers la chaudière, générateur de chaleur composé d'un brûleur (ou avant-foyer) et d'une chaudière, automate de conduite et de surveillance, système d'épuration des rejets gazeux et d'évacuation des cendres."
I've never heard this name "avant-foyer" in France, though. It may be local.
"- système d'extraction et de transfert vers la chaudière, générateur de chaleur composé d'un brûleur (ou avant-foyer) et d'une chaudière, automate de conduite et de surveillance, système d'épuration des rejets gazeux et d'évacuation des cendres."
I've never heard this name "avant-foyer" in France, though. It may be local.
Note from asker:
| thank you. Yes, I think it's some kind of pre-burner but not sure but this ref would tend to back that up |
12 hrs
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Works in field
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
avant-foyer (not translated)
I found several references/sites in English where the term is not translated:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q="the avant-foyer" of the ...
https://www.google.com.br/search?q="the avant-foyer" of the ...
Note from asker:
| Thanks, but already knew that meaning of term. That is a totally different context and could possibly be called the front lobby/foyer or ante-foyer/ante-lobby (in English) of the Opera House. Here it's part of a boiler. |
Discussion
this piece of equipment costs over €980,000 so it's obviously fairly massive.
Sorry, have no photo and it is just an item on a list with industrial woodchip/biomass boilers and other machinery and accessories.