- Industry: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
A substance consisting of molecules characterized by the repetition (neglecting ends, branch junctions and other minor irregularities) of one or more types of monomeric units. Polymers may be formed by polymerization (addition polymer) or polycondensation (condensation polymer). When two or more monomers are involved, the product is called a copolymer.
Industry:Energy
A device which responds to a measured variable by means of a sensing element and converts it to a standardized transmission signal which is a function only of the measurement.
Industry:Energy
In a pipeline, the decomposition or destruction of the pipe wall by stray electrical currents. The chemical decomposition of a substance when electricity is passed through it in solution or in the molten state. When the process is applied to water or hydrogen, a potential energy source is formed.
Industry:Energy
A number expressing the percent of the specified constituent in a mixture to the total quantity of the mixture, as pounds of salt per pound of brine.
Industry:Energy
The heat released when a substance is completely burned in oxygen. Compare HEATING VALUE.
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A substance which will absorb heat while vaporizing and whose boiling point and other properties make it useful as a medium for refrigeration. (Chilled water, which by common acceptance is called a refrigerant, does not vaporize). See BRINE.
Industry:Energy
A two step process to take functionalized costs and (1) determine whether they are fixed or variable and then (2) determine whether the fixed costs will be recovered through the demand rate or the commodity rate.
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