- Industry: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
A device built into an appliance, or made a part of the flue or vent connector from an appliance, which is designed to (a) assure the ready escape of the products of combustion from the combustion chamber in the event of no draft, back draft, or stoppage beyond the draft hood; (b) prevent a back draft from entering the combustion chamber of the appliance; and (c) neutralize the effect of stack action of the chimney or gas vent upon the operation of the appliance.
Industry:Energy
A method of allocating volumes to affected parties when an imbalance occurs.
Industry:Energy
A system of storage in especially designed high pressure pipe sections or bottles capable of storing natural gas at pressures near or equal to the pressure of maximum super-compressibility. Not storage in ordinary steel pipe.
Industry:Energy
Any material that causes a chemical reaction when added to a second substance.
Industry:Energy
In drilling a well, a channel, or groove cut in the side of the hole, parallel to the axis of the hole. Key seating takes place as a result of dragging action of pipe on a dog-leg. In machine work, a groove cut in a shaft or pulley bore parallel with the axis.
Industry:Energy
Sales made to a local distribution company, pipeline, or municipality where the gas will be resold by the purchaser.
Industry:Energy
Standards that describe the customers who can participate in a utility's DSM program.
Industry:Energy
The hydrocarbon components: propane, butanes, and pentanes (also referred to as condensate), or a combination of them that are subject to recovery from raw gas liquids by processing in field separators, scrubbers, gas processing and reprocessing plants, or cycling plants. The propane and butane components are often referred to as liquefied petroleum gases or LPG.
Industry:Energy
The technique of increasing the maximum pressure in a natural gas storage reservoir above the discovery pressure.
Industry:Energy
A device constructed so as to automatically cut off the gas supply when the surface of the water in a boiler falls to the lowest safe water level.
Industry:Energy
