- 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.
Plastic pipe and plastic equipment stored so that it is not protected from the elements of normal weather conditions, i.e, the sun's rays, rain, air and wind.
Industry:Energy
When expressed with reference to pipe, the force per unit area exerted by the medium in the pipe.
Industry:Energy
Plastic, copper, etc., tubing inserted into a run of existing pipe, thereby eliminating the need for a new trench.
Industry:Energy
A chemical process using heat in presence of a catalyst to break down a substance into desired components, such as in the reforming of natural gas or light oils into lower Btu fuel gas.
Industry:Energy
A hollow cylinder of a plastic material in which the wall thicknesses are ususally small when compared to the diameter and in which the inside and outside walls are essentially concentric.
Industry:Energy
An apparatus which converts the energy in a fluid to mechanical energy by means of the expansion of the fluid (gas) against a piston. It normally includes a cylinder closed by a piston connected by means of a connecting rod to a crankshaft; a valve mechanism admits and discharges fluid at appropriate times in the cycle. Compare TURBINE, STEAM OR GAS.
Industry:Energy
A charge against income for the extraction of natural resources, commonly called "wasting assets" (i.e., gas, oil, coal, etc.).
Industry:Energy
