- 行业: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
A combustible gas made in a furnace or apparatus by circulating air or a mixture of air and steam through a layer of incandescent material consisting chiefly of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and nitrogen.
Industry:Energy
A lubricated plug-type variable position valve which is usually operated with an attached handle or, in the large sizes, by a loose fitting key or extended handle wrench. Compare VALVE, TEST FIRING.
Industry:Energy
A set of standard record formats supporting the electronic data interchange of the documents described in the Nominations/Allocations Subcommittee and the Volume Imbalance Subcommittee reports.
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An excess of natural gas deliverability relative to demand requirements at current prices.
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Gas that can be produced with current technology at a cost that is no higher than its current market value.
Industry:Energy
Process of utilising heat which must be rejected in one part of the cycle to perform a useful function in another part of the cycle.
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The equivalent of one horsepower expended for one hour. One horsepower hour equals 1,979,980 foot-pounds.
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The reduction in volume of natural gas resulting from the removal of the natural gas liquid constituents of natural gas at extraction plants. See SHRINKAGE, NATURAL GAS.
Industry:Energy
A common market point, generally located at the terminus of a pipeline's production area. Under a Pooling Point transportation arrangement, the shipper is responsible for ensuring that the total nominations of gas received at the pooling point are in balance with the amounts received into the main stream. Volumes are then transported downstream under corresponding transportation arrangements. Such arrangements are designed to increase the receipt point flexibility of the shipper. Also referred to as telescoping points or headstations.
Industry:Energy
A manual valve, usually with stops, which can be set to limit the gas flow to the maximum required input to the burner or burners.
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