- Industry: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
An ingredient used in the formulation of some plastics, to assist in maintaining the physical and chemical properties of the compounded materials at their initial values throughout the processing and service life of the material.
Industry:Energy
Rapid chemical reaction of oxygen with fuel accompanied by the production of heat, or heat and light.
Industry:Energy
The extraction of one or more components from a mixture of gases when gases and liquids are brought into contact. The assimilation or extraction process causes (or is accompanied by) a physical or chemical change, or both, in the sorbent material. Compare ADSORPTION.
Industry:Energy
The resultant force that resists change in the size or shape of a body acted on by external or internal forces. "Stress" is often used as being synonymous with unit stress which is the stress per unit area (psi).
Industry:Energy
A concept under which the electricity required by a given facility is produced on-site by natural gas and possible alternate standby fueled engines or turbines with the recovery of the equipment's heat of rejection for space conditioning and/or process uses.
Industry:Energy
Generally applies to footwear providing toe protection for the wearer. Safety-toe footwear has been divided into three classifications: 75, 50, and 30; based on its ability to meet the minimum requirements for both compression and impact as specified by the American Standard Z41 Series. Generally, the safety-toe shoe should be used for work requiring the handling of heavy materials. Safety shoes may also be obtained with conductive soles to drain off static charges, and with nonferrous construction, to reduce the possibility of friction sparks in environments with a fire or explosion hazard. Other safety shoes are designed to provide protection against splashes of molten metal, construction hazards such as protruding nails, contact with energized electrical equipment, wet conditions, hot surfaces, and other hazards.
Industry:Energy
Generally mains, services, and equipment which carry or control the supply of gas from the point of local supply to and including the sales meters. The system operates at various pressures as indicated below.
*a. high pressure. a system which operates at a pressure higher than the standard service pressure delivered to the customer; thus, a pressure regulator is required on each service to control pressure delivered to the customer. sometimes this is referred to as medium pressure.
*b. low pressure or utilization pressure. A system in which the gas pressure in the mains and service lines is substantially the same as that delivered to the customers' appliances; ordinarily a pressure regulator is not required on individual service lines.
Industry:Energy
