- 行业: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
- Company Profile:
The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Bevelled pipe ends are for welding purposes. Pipe which is cut at an inclination so that two ends form an angle other than a right angle.
Industry:Energy
Internal or external crack in a material caused by tensile or shear stresses less than that normally required for mechanical failure in air. The development of such cracks is frequently related to and accelerated by the environment to which the material is exposed. More often than not, the environment does not visibly attach, soften, or dissolve the surface. The stresses may be internal, external, or a combination of both.
Industry:Energy
That portion of a supply line which takes off the main header from the location of a tee on the main header.
Industry:Energy
The maximum demand for gas from a transmission or distribution system in a one hour period of time.
Industry:Energy
The total certified capacity of a pipeline is the sum of the increments authorised in various certificates by the FERC. If a particular construction programme will change the transmission or storage capacity of the pipeline, the certificate filing must explain the change.
Industry:Energy
A cup-shaped fitting placed on the end of a pipe to seal the pipe, usually threaded on the inside and screwed over the end of the pipe. Also, the act of placing a cap on a pipe. Also, to close off a gas or oil well.
Industry:Energy
A metre in which the case is made of an inflexible metal, such as iron or aluminum.
Industry:Energy
A strong saline solution such as common salt and water cooled by a refrigerant and used for the transmission of heat without a change in its state, having no flash point or a flash point above 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
Industry:Energy
An underground natural gas storage cavern which has been developed in a salt dome by the solution mining process.
Industry:Energy
