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feed zone en · NOUN
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A designated place along the course of a bicycle race where it is permitted for the riders to receive food and energy drinks from their team support personnel.
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The portion of a device in which material that is input through a feed tube or other portal accumulates before processing.
Pressure readings are taken downhole next to the feed zone and the total flow is measured on the surface using a separator.
2015, Ronald DiPippo, Geothermal Power Plants:Thus the base of the effective reservoir is placed at 1500m depth, the actual location of the deepest major feed zone.
2012, R. Bowen, Geothermal Resources, page 105:
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