- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Mixture in which the components lose their identity and are uniformly dispersed. All solutions are composed of a solvent (water or other fluid) and the substance dissolved called the "solute". A true solution is homogeneous, as salt in water. Air is a solution of oxygen and nitrogen.
Industry:Energy
Instrument for measuring the relative pressure of a fluid. Types include gauge, absolute, and differential.
Industry:Energy
The amount of gas that can be transported under specified conditions of pressure, temperature and loading (generally peak day requirements). Note that the maximum amount of gas that can be delivered during any period time may vary depending upon the amount of line pack, pressure differential, points of receipt and delivery, gas gravity and temperature conditions at the beginning of the period. Consequently, a system's capacity will vary from time to time depending upon existing conditions.
Industry:Energy
The percentage of total energy stored in water which is lost each hour from a storage-type water heater.
Industry:Energy
The working interest owner(s) other than the owner designated as the operator of the property.
Industry:Energy
A device used to clean deposits of paraffin or other foreign substances from tubing or flow lines. See PIG and RABBIT.
Industry:Energy
A moisture-impervious layer applied to the warm side for the purpose of preventing moisture travel.
Industry:Energy
A thermal unit of energy equal to 1,000,000 Btus, that is, the equivalent of 1,000 cubic feet of gas having a heating content of 1,000 Btus per cubic foot, as provided by contract measurement terms. See DEKATHERM.
Industry:Energy
Bargaining between two or more unaffiliated parties carried out in a truly competitive manner.
Industry:Energy
Installing only the lowest cost or easy-to- install DSM measures while ignoring other cost-effective opportunities.
Industry:Energy
