- Industry: 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.
The determination of combustion characteristics, such as exhaust gas composition and temperature, air-fuel ratio, the relation of these to perfect combustion.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of crushing load at failure to area of minimum original cross section of a specimen.
Industry:Energy
With respect to natural gas companies, the transporting and sale of gas for resale within the boundaries of a state.
Industry:Energy
A classification method that allocates 25% of fixed costs to the demand component and 75% to the commodity component of the rate.
Industry:Energy
A laborer who assists the foreman in the general work about producing oil wells and around the property of the oil company. The roustabout is a semi-skilled laborer in that he requires considerable training to fit him for his work.
Industry:Energy
A review of a customer's energy usage, often including recommendations to alter the customer's demand or reduce energy usage. An audit normally involves a visit to the customer's facility.
Industry:Energy
An automatic safety control responsive to changes in level, pressure, or temperature and normally set beyond the operating range for limiting the operation of the controlled equipment.
Industry:Energy
Plates, louvers, or screens placed in the path of fluid flow to cause change in the direction of flow; these are used to promote mixing of gases or to eliminate undesirable solid or liquid particles in the fluid stream. Sometimes baffles are inserted in a flue to lengthen the travel of flue gases and increase efficiency of operation.
Industry:Energy
