- 行业: 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.
An ingredient used in the formulation of some plastics, to assist in maintaining the physical and chemical properties of the compounded materials at their initial values throughout the processing and service life of the material.
Industry:Energy
Rapid chemical reaction of oxygen with fuel accompanied by the production of heat, or heat and light.
Industry:Energy
The extraction of one or more components from a mixture of gases when gases and liquids are brought into contact. The assimilation or extraction process causes (or is accompanied by) a physical or chemical change, or both, in the sorbent material. Compare ADSORPTION.
Industry:Energy
The resistance of pipe valves, controls, and fittings to gas flow expressed as equivalent length of pipe or pipe of other sizes, for convenience in calculating pipe diameters.
Industry:Energy
A concept taken from the Clean Air Act designed to preserve air quality from degradation by requiring that emissions from new facilities, temporary facilities, and even existing facilities in some instances be controlled to the extent possible using the best available technology.
Industry:Energy
A material that is a gas at ambient conditions but can be liquefied at below-ambient temperatures. This includes all of the ambient temperature gases.
Industry:Energy
A small metre station off of a transmission line usually to serve one customer.
Industry:Energy
An instrument for determining the relative humidity of air or other gases. Compare PSYCHROMETER.
Industry:Energy
