feed zone

See also: feedzone

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• feedzone (engineering sense)

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Noun

feed zone (plural feed zones)

1. (cycling) 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.
2. (engineering) The portion of a device in which material that is input through a feed tube or other portal accumulates before processing.
   • 2012, R. Bowen, Geothermal Resources, page 105:

     Thus the base of the effective reservoir is placed at 1500m depth, the actual location of the deepest major feed zone.

   • 2015, Ronald DiPippo, Geothermal Power Plants:

     Pressure readings are taken downhole next to the feed zone and the total flow is measured on the surface using a separator.