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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Combined pumped-storage plant

Energy; Coal

A pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant that uses both pumped water and natural stream flow to produce electricity.

Electric industry restructuring

Energy; Coal

The process of replacing a monopolistic system of electric utility suppliers with competing sellers, allowing individual retail customers to choose their supplier but still receive delivery over the ...

Combustion

Energy; Coal

Chemical oxidation accompanied by the generation of light and heat.

Electric motor vehicle

Energy; Coal

A motor vehicle powered by an electric motor that draws current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, photovoltaic arrays, or other sources of electric current.

Dump energy

Energy; Coal

Energy generated in a hydroelectric plant by water that cannot be stored or conserved and which energy is inexcess of the needs of the system producing the energy.

Coking

Energy; Coal

Thermal refining processes used to produce fuel gas, gasoline blendstocks, distillates, and petroleum coke from the heavier products of atomspheric and vacuum distillation.