- 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.
The costs directly related to serving the customer, regardless of sales volume such as meter reading, billing, and fixed charges for the minimum investment required to serve a customer.
Industry:Energy
The quantity of heat transmitted per hour through one square foot of a building section (wall, roof, window, etc.) for each degree Fahrenheit of temperature difference between the air on the warm side and the air on the cold side of the building section.
Industry:Energy
Volume of air delivered to a burner that will produce the maximum thermal efficiency under specific operating conditions.
Industry:Energy
A certificate issued by a Federal authority certifying that certain facilities are necessary in the interest of national defense, which permits accelerated amortization of the cost of the facilities or a certain specified percentage thereof, for income tax purposes, over a 60-month period.
Industry:Energy
A heat exchanger which removes heat from vapor causing it to condense into a liquid.
Industry:Energy
A rate schedule which provides different, but increasing, unit charges for various blocks of increasing demand or energy.
Industry:Energy
An amendment to the Natural Gas Act which exempts from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulation the transportation and sale for resale of natural gas received within the boundaries of a state, provided (1) all such gas is ultimately consumed within the state, and (2) the facilities and rates are regulated by the state. Pipelines qualifying under this amendment are called Hinshaw Pipelines.
Industry:Energy
For gas-fired, central furnaces, the venting systems are classified and furnaces marked as follows: Category I - A central furnace that operates with a non-positive vent pressure and with a vent gas temperature at least 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) above its dew point. Category II - A central furnace that operates with a non-positive vent pressure and with a vent gas temperature less than 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) above its dew point. Category III - A central furnace that operates with a positive vent pressure and with a vent gas temperature at least 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) above its dew point. Category IV - A central furnace that operates with a positive vent pressure and with a vent gas temperature less than 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) above its dew point.
Industry:Energy
Pertains to any engine in which the heat or pressure necessary to produce power is developed in the engine cylinder by the combustion of a fuel.
Industry:Energy
