- 行业: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The term "wright demand rate" applies to that method of charge which was the first to recognise load factor conditions. Under this rate, the consumer pays a different unit charge for each successive block of consumption. The consumer's maximum daily or hourly demand is a factor in the determination of the block size.
Industry:Energy
A federal agency created in 1970 to permit coordinated and effective governmental action, for protection of the environment by the systematic abatement and control of pollution, through integration of research monitoring, standard setting, and enforcement activities.
Industry:Energy
A pipe size system (outside diameters and wall thickness) originated by the iron pipe industry.
Industry:Energy
A washer in the form of a tall tower in which the washing liquid is sprayed in at top is collected in the bottom of the tower and then is cooled and recycled through the tower. Serves a dual purpose of washing the gas free of impurities and also cooling the gas.
Industry:Energy
Costs associated with the abandonment of facilities or services, including costs for the removal of facilities and restoration of the land.
Industry:Energy
The obligation to carry, for a fee, gas that belongs to another party. Also called MANDATORY CARRIAGE.
Industry:Energy
The volume of water that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot, or 43,560 cubic feet of water, or 325,841.1 gallons of water.
Industry:Energy
A device installed in the vent pipe that connects the furnace to the chimney. When the burner goes off, the damper closes automatically, restricting the amount of heated air that can be lost through the chimney.
Industry:Energy
A method used to allocate costs incurred by a parent company on behalf of its affiliates to those affiliates. The "Mass Formula" has three parts using the allocation factors (ratios comparing the affiliate to the company as a whole) of gross plant, gross revenues, and labor, which are added together and then divided by three to arrive at a simple average of the three factors. This formula attempts to weight various aspects of each of the affiliates so that a fair distribution of the overhead cost is allocated to each affiliate member. Compare to DISTRIGAS METHOD.
Industry:Energy
