- Industry: 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.
In DSM, an estimate of energy savings based on the assumption that all existing equipment or measures will be replaced with the most efficient equipment or measure that is technically feasible, without regard to cost or market acceptance. Compare ACHIEVABLE POTENTIAL, MARKET POTENTIAL and ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
Industry:Energy
Seasonal gas is gas sold during certain periods of the year. It may be sold either on a firm or on an interruptible basis.
Industry:Energy
Step in producing carbureted water gas in which a fraction of the carburetion oil is cracked to useful gas in the water gas carburetor and superheater.
Industry:Energy
The incremental cost that a utility would incur to purchase or produce an amount of gas equivalent to that saved by a DSM measure. Components may include energy, capacity, storage, transmission and distribution. Avoided costs are generally used to represent the benefits of utility-sponsored DSM programs.
Industry:Energy
The temperature at which a substance, such as gas, will ignite and continue burning with adequate air supply.
Industry:Energy
A drilling tool that cuts the hole in the earth when drilling a well. Bits are designed on two basic and different principles; the cable tool bit, which moves up and down to pulverize; and the rotary bit which rotates to cut or grind.
Industry:Energy
A permanent plate, affixed in a conspicuous place on a meter, containing basic metre information.
Industry:Energy
A valve equipped with an orifice and a stem attached to a plug and matching circular seat. Shut-off is obtained by direct contact of the plug and the seat. Body of valve is normally spherical.
Industry:Energy
Company costs in the Base period that can not be included in the Cost of Service and are deleted.
Industry:Energy
Made by passing steam over hot coke or other carbonaceous material; it consists of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with varying amounts of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. It burns with a blue flame.
Industry:Energy
