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U.S. Department of Energy
Branche: Government
Number of terms: 22108
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A building architectural element (vestibule) with two airtight doors that reduces the amount of air infiltration and exfiltration when the exterior most door is opened.
Industry:Energy
A body of water used to cool the water that is circulated in an electric power plant.
Industry:Energy
A body of water that contains brackish (highly saline) water that forms layers of differing salinity (stratifies) that absorb and trap solar energy. Solar ponds can be used to provide heat for industrial or agricultural processes, building heating and cooling, and to generate electricity.
Industry:Energy
A body of water confined by a dam, dike, floodgate or other artificial barrier.
Industry:Energy
A battery-powered electrically driven vehicle.
Industry:Energy
A battery that uses lithium in the negative electrode and a metal sulfide in the positive electrode, and the electrolyte is molten salt; can store large amounts of energy per unit weight.
Industry:Energy
42 U.S. gallons (306 pounds of oil, or 5.78 million Btu).
Industry:Energy
Amorphous silicon with a small amount of incorporated hydrogen. The hydrogen neutralizes dangling bonds in the amorphous silicon, allowing charge carriers to flow more freely.
Industry:Energy
Alternating current is carried by conductors and a ground to residential, commercial, or industrial consumers. The waveform of the phase power appears as a single continuous sine wave at the system frequency whose amplitude is the rated voltage of the power.
Industry:Energy
Alternating current in which three separate pulses are present, identical in frequency and voltage, but separated 120 degrees in phase.
Industry:Energy