- Industria: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The Btu equivalent of fuels burned is the aggregate heat energy of all fuels burned. It is derived by calculating total Btu content of each kind of fuel burned and summing to establish the Btu content of all fuels burned. Based on its Btu content, any kind and quantity of fuel burned may be expressed as an equivalent quantity of some other kind of fuel.
Industry:Energy
A gas produced by the fermentation of sewage sludge low in heating value due to dilution with CO2 and N2; also marsh gas or firedamp.
Industry:Energy
A pressure unit representing the pressure required to support a column of water one inch high. Usually reported as inches W.C. (water column) at a specified temperature; 27.707 inches of water (at 60o and standard gravity of 32.174 ft/sec2) is equal to a gauge pressure of one pound per square inch.
Industry:Energy
All DSM costs directly associated with the preparation and implementation of the strategies designed to encourage participation in a program.
Industry:Energy
DSM resources that, if not installed initially, become more costly to exploit. An example is extra insulation when constructing a new building.
Industry:Energy
The Btu equivalent of the liquid products extracted from the producer's gas plus the portion of plant fuel necessary to extract those liquids, plant flare and other plant losses. When expressed as Mcfs this is referred to as Plant Volume Reduction or PVR.
Industry:Energy
