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American Gas Association
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.
Rigid headgear of varying materials designed to protect the workman's head -- not only from impact, but from flying particles and electric shock or any combination of the three. Safety helmets should meet the requirements of American Standard Z89, Standard For Industrial Protective Helmets.
Industry:Energy
Specified wall thickness of pipe without adding an allowance to compensate for the underthickness tolerances permitted in approved specifications.
Industry:Energy
The highest temperature that can be reached by a liquid, under a given pressure, when heat is applied externally and evaporation occurs freely from the surface.
Industry:Energy
The sum of two or more individual maximum demands, regardless of time of occurrence, within a specified period.
Industry:Energy
A depreciation system enacted as part of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 that allows rapid depreciation of assets for tax purposes. It was repealed in the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Industry:Energy
A method for drilling wells using a cutting bit attached to a revolving drill pipe.
Industry:Energy
A synthetic resin produced by the condensation of a phenol with an aldehyde. Phenolic resins form the basis of a class of thermosetting molding materials.
Industry:Energy
Any expenditures that are required for a DSM program prior to program implementation.
Industry:Energy
In accounting, Utility Plant less Accumulated Provision for Depreciation (including Depletion) and Amortization.
Industry:Energy
Round, square, or other shape tubing installed inside the piping preceding an orifice to eliminate swirls and crosscurrents set up by the pipe fittings and valves.
Industry:Energy