- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The pressure used as a standard in determining gas volume. Volumes are measured at operating pressures and then corrected to base pressure volume. Base pressure is normally defined in any gas measurement contract. The standard value for natural gas in the United States is 14.73 psia, established by the American National Standards Institute as standard Z-132.1 in 1969.
Industry:Energy
A DSM program in which the utility offers a financial incentive for the installation of energy-efficient equipment. Non-DSM rebate programs also exist, in which the utility offers an incentive for purposes of gaining market share of a specific end-use.
Industry:Energy
A piece of equipment for removing impurities from gas by passing the gas over rotating surfaces or brushes that are partially immersed in liquid.
Industry:Energy
A valve which automatically shuts off the supply of fuel through the functioning of a flame safeguard control or limiting device. This device may interrupt the flow of fuel to the main burner(s) only or to the pilot(s) and main burner(s).
Industry:Energy
Condensates (liquid hydrocarbons without free water) produced in conjunction with the production of gas to be transported or liquefiable hydrocarbons contained in such gas, but not including oil.
Industry:Energy
Making receipts and deliveries of gas into or withdrawals from a company equal. Balancing may be accomplished daily, monthly or seasonally, with penalties generally assessed for excessive imbalance.
Industry:Energy
The active requirement for gas at a particular time. Compare LOAD, CONNECTED.
Industry:Energy
The movement of a material, such as a gas or liquid, in the body of a plastic. If the gas or liquid is absorbed on one side of a piece of plastic and given off on the other side, the phenomenon is called permeability. Diffusion and permeability are not due to holes or pores in the plastic but are caused and controlled by chemical mechanisms.
Industry:Energy
