- Industria: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
- Company Profile:
The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
A meter which measures automatically a proportional part of the volume flowing past a metering point.
Industry:Energy
A substance, generally having some adhesive action, added to a plastic composition to reduce the amount of the primary resin required per unit volume.
Industry:Energy
Any conservation or energy efficiency measures that a customer adopts outside of a DSM program as a direct result of that program.
Industry:Energy
In a pipeline, the decomposition or destruction of the pipe wall by stray electrical currents. The chemical decomposition of a substance when electricity is passed through it in solution or in the molten state. When the process is applied to water or hydrogen, a potential energy source is formed.
Industry:Energy
Revenues not collected by a utility due to the loss of sales as a direct result of DSM programs.
Industry:Energy
Solvents which are free from fire or toxicity hazards and are nondamaging to surfaces or materials being cleaned. This term is often misused. Depending on the conditions of use, none of these criteria may be met by so-called "safety solvents". For example, petroleum hydrocarbons are effective solvents, low in toxicity, and inexpensive but have relatively low flash and fire points. The following conditions must be kept in mind by users of "safety solvents": 1.The toxicological effects alone are not adequate to assess the hazard potential of a solvent. 2.The vapor pressure, ventilation, and manner of usage will determine the concentration in air. 3.Handling procedures and type of clothing will determine the degree of skin contact and absorption. 4.Ignition temperature, flash point, and other factors determining the potential for fire and explosion must be considered.
Industry:Energy
The heat required to raise a unit mass of a substance through a degree of temperature difference. Also, the ratio of the thermal capacity of a substance to that of water. The specific heat of fluids varies with temperature and pressure.
Industry:Energy
The sum of the static pressure and the pressure due to the velocity motion.
Industry:Energy
A deferred credit account representing cash advances paid to the utility by customers requiring the construction of facilities in their behalf. These advances are refundable -- the time or extent of refund is dependent on the contract provisions of the advance (usually dependent on whether or not during a specified period the revenue from the installation warrants the refund). The unrefunded balance, if any, must be transferred to the appropriate plant account.
Industry:Energy
A meter which uses a flexible diaphragm in a bellows-type arrangement to measure the volume of gas. Compare METER, POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT.
Industry:Energy
