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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure. Coal is composed primarily of carbon along with variable quantities of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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Maximum demand
Energy; Coal
The greatest of all demands of the load that has occurred within a specified period of time.
Horizontal axis wind turbine
Energy; Coal
The most common type of wind turbine where the axis of rotation is oriented horizontally. Also see Wind turbine.
Maximum dependable capacity, net
Energy; Coal
The gross electrical output measured at the output terminals of the turbine generator(s) during the most restrictive seasonal conditions, less the station service load.
Large passenger car
Energy; Coal
A passenger car with more than 120 cubic feet of interior passenger and luggage volume.
Horsepower
Energy; Coal
A unit for measuring the rate of work (or power) equivalent to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute or 746 watts.
Maximum established site capacity (reactors)
Energy; Coal
The maximum established spent fuel capacity for the site is defined by DOE as the maximum number of intact assemblies that will be able to bestored at some point in the future (between the reporting ...
