Petrol

Petrol

a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. A fossil fuel, it is formed when large quantities of dead organisms, usually zooplankton and algae, are buried underneath sedimentary rock and undergo intense heat and pressure.

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One sun

Energy; Coal

Natural solar insulation falling on an object without concentration or diffusion of the solar rays.

Pulping liquor (black liquor)

Energy; Coal

The alkaline spent liquor removed from the digesters in the process of chemically pulping wood. After evaporation, the liquor is burned as a fuel in a recovery furnace that permits the recovery of ...

Silt, culm, refuse bank, or slurry dam mining

Energy; Coal

A mining operation producing coal from these sources of coal.

Uncompleted wells, equipment, and facilities costs

Energy; Coal

The costs incurred to (1) drill and equip wells that are not yet completed, and (2) acquire or construct equipment and facilities that are not yet completed and installed.

One-time fee

Energy; Coal

The fee assessed a nuclear utilityfor spent nuclear fuel (SNF) or solidified high-level radioactive waste derived from SNF, which fuel was used to generate electricity in a civilian nuclear power ...

Pumped-storage hydroelectric plant

Energy; Coal

A plant that usually generates electric energy during peak load periods by using water previously pumped into an elevated storage reservoir during off-peak periods when excess generating capacity is ...

Single crystal silicon

Energy; Coal

An extremely pure form of crystalline silicon produced by dipping a single crystal seed into a pool of molten silicon under high vacuum conditions and slowly withdrawing a solidifying single crystal ...