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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.
Two panes of glass, usually parallel, with an air space between, used to provide increased thermal and/or sound insulation.
Industry:Energy
See PIPE, COATED.
Industry:Energy
The conduit of an appliance which supplies gas to the individual burners. Also, a pipe to which two or more outlet pipes are connected.
Industry:Energy
See RESERVES, ENERGY.
Industry:Energy
The rate at which gas is delivered to or by a system, part of a system, or a piece of equipment, expressed in cubic feet or therms or multiples thereof, for a designated period of time called the demand interval. Compare LOAD.
Industry:Energy
Weight per unit volume of a substance.
Industry:Energy
See RETIREMENT DISPERSION.
Industry:Energy
When a party receives or delivers a quantity of natural gas, then delivers or redelivers a larger or smaller quantity of natural gas to another party.
Industry:Energy
A heating unit which transfers heat by radiation to objects within visible range and by conduction to the surrounding air which, in turn, is circulated by natural convection; a so-called radiator is also a convector, but the term radiator has been established by long usage.
Industry:Energy
An arrangement of tubes through which the feed water passes before entering boiler drum and flue gases leave burners. Economizers are invariably counter flow; meaning the water flows opposite to the gases, and heat of gases is transferred to the water.
Industry:Energy