- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Minimum volumes required to prevent physical harm to the plant facilities or danger to plant personnel when such protection cannot be afforded through the use of an alternate fuel. This includes the protection of such material in process as would otherwise be destroyed, but shall not include deliveries required to maintain plant production.
Industry:Energy
The amount of gas supply available to the customer in accordance with a given priority during periods of curtailment. See COST OF SERVICE, DESIGN DAY AVAILABILITY.
Industry:Energy
The pattern of retirements taking place at various ages in relation to the average service life or, simply, the scattering of retirements about average life.
Industry:Energy
The weld which is used to manufacture pipe rolled or formed from plate.
Industry:Energy
A forced-air type central furnace designed with air flow through the furnace essentially in a horizontal path.
Industry:Energy
A plastic with high strength fillers imbedded in the composition, in some mechanical properties superior to those of the base resin. The reinforcing fillers are usually fibers, fabrics, or mats made of fibers.
Industry:Energy
A well which is producing oil or gas at such a low rate that it may not pay for the drilling.
Industry:Energy
Curtailment imposed on a seasonal summer (April-October) or winter (November-March) basis because of gas supply deficiency. See PEAK DAY CURTAILMENT.
Industry:Energy
Mixture in which the components lose their identity and are uniformly dispersed. All solutions are composed of a solvent (water or other fluid) and the substance dissolved called the "solute". A true solution is homogeneous, as salt in water. Air is a solution of oxygen and nitrogen.
Industry:Energy
