- Branche: 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.
The additional costs incurred from the production or delivery of an additional number of units of gas, usually the minimum capacity or production that can be added. The additional cost divided by the additional capacity or output is defined as the incremental cost. Also, in DSM, the difference in costs between an efficient technology or measure and the alternative standard technology.
Industry:Energy
The non-discriminatory access to interstate pipeline transportation services.
Industry:Energy
The volume of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the volumes that would be occupied by each of the components of the mixture if at the temperature and pressure of the mixture.
Industry:Energy
(1) The effect of specific chemicals on the properties of plastic piping with respect to concentration, temperature and time of exposure. (2) The ability of a specific plastic pipe to render service for a useful period in the transport of a specific chemical at a specified concentration and temperature. (3) The ability to resist chemical attack.
Industry:Energy
A gas-tight container fabricated from pipe or plate with integral drawn, forged, or spun end closures, tested in the manufacturer's plant, used for storing or transporting gas.
Industry:Energy
A process involving controlled heating and subsequent controlled, generally slow, cooling applied usually to induce ductility in metals. The term also is used to cover treatments intended to remove internal stresses, alter mechanical or physical properties, produce a definite microstructure, and remove gases.
Industry:Energy
Amount of water in U.S. gallons raised 100 degrees F per hour or per minute when calculated on a thermal efficiency of 70%, representing the water heated by a gas input of 1,190 Btu per gallon.
Industry:Energy
