- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The process by which sulfur and sulfur compounds are removed from gases or liquid hydrocarbon mixtures.
Industry:Energy
Total gas produced, purchased (including exchange gas receipts), or net withdrawn from underground storage within a specified time interval, measured at the point(s) of production and/or purchase, and/or withdrawal, adjusted for changes in local storage quantity. It comprises gas sales, exchange, deliveries, gas used by company, and unaccounted for gas. Expressed in various units such as therms, Btu, cubic feet, etc.
Industry:Energy
(1) The effect of specific chemicals on the properties of plastic piping with respect to concentration, temperature and time of exposure. (2) The ability of a specific plastic pipe to render service for a useful period in the transport of a specific chemical at a specified concentration and temperature. (3) The ability to resist chemical attack.
Industry:Energy
A gas-tight container fabricated from pipe or plate with integral drawn, forged, or spun end closures, tested in the manufacturer's plant, used for storing or transporting gas.
Industry:Energy
A process involving controlled heating and subsequent controlled, generally slow, cooling applied usually to induce ductility in metals. The term also is used to cover treatments intended to remove internal stresses, alter mechanical or physical properties, produce a definite microstructure, and remove gases.
Industry:Energy
Amount of water in U.S. gallons raised 100 degrees F per hour or per minute when calculated on a thermal efficiency of 70%, representing the water heated by a gas input of 1,190 Btu per gallon.
Industry:Energy
The commonly known forms of rates may be divided into two main classes, and each of these classes into several different types of rates.
Industry:Energy
