- 行业: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Cooking stove. GAMA lists the following types: (1) Free-standing; (2) Set-in; (3) High Oven; (4) Built-in, Commercial; (5) Luncheonette and Restaurant; (6) Heavy Duty (Quality, Battery Type).
Industry:Energy
Measurement of the quantitative amounts (by volume) by selective absorption of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and carbon monoxide in a gas using an Orsat apparatus.
Industry:Energy
The aggregate years of service for plant dollars during the life of the plant. Expired dollar-years are the aggregate years of service realised as of any given date. Future dollar-years are the aggregate years of service remaining. The area under the survivor curve represents the total dollar-years of service.
Industry:Energy
The number of disabling occupational injuries and illnesses per 200,000 employee hours of exposure. This is computed by multiplying the number of disabling injuries and illnesses by 200,000 and dividing by the number of employee-hours worked. The hours worked should not include any non-work time such as holidays, vacations, and sick leave.
Industry:Energy
The volume of gas a well, field, pipeline, or distribution system can supply in a given period of time. Also, the practical output from a storage reservoir. Compare CAPACITY, INSTALLED; STORAGE, UNDERGROUND.
Industry:Energy
A device for testing the accuracy of a gas meter. A quantity of air is collected over water or oil in a calibrated cylindrical bell and then passed through the metre by allowing the bell to sink into the water or oil. A comparison of the measured amount of air passing through the metre and the amount registered on the metre dial gives a measure of metre accuracy.
Industry:Energy
A method to determine the cost of common equity component of return using the bond yield plus a risk premium based on selected stock market yields to bond yields. Also called BOND YIELD RISK DIFFERENTIAL.
Industry:Energy
A tee is a customer's service piping with one leg closed and used for access to the service pipe in case of plugging with solids. Also, a tee used for making a hot tap on a main to supply a service.
Industry:Energy
As applied to gas, a given consumption of gas remaining fairly constant over a period of time, usually not temperature-sensitive.
Industry:Energy
In the cryogenic area, e.g. LNG, subcooling is the cooling of liquid to below its saturation temperature for the pressure under consideration. In practice, subcooling has the effect of reducing boil-off in LNG storage and transportation.
Industry:Energy
