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American Gas Association
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.
Certificates of indebtedness issued under an indenture agreement (administered by a trustee) representing long-term borrowings of capital funds, secured only by the general credit of the issuing corporation. Compare BONDS.
Industry:Energy
Latin for "for the sake of form." Used to describe gas pipeline tariff sheets submitted as part of a certificate application or as part of a tariff filing. When made as part of a tariff filing, pro forma sheets do not contain a proposed effective date and are of no force or effect.
Industry:Energy
See DECONTROL.
Industry:Energy
That temperature above which a gas cannot be liquefied by pressure alone. The pressure under which a substance may exist as a gas in equilibrium with the liquid at the critical temperature is the critical pressure.
Industry:Energy
The maximum pressure that occurs during normal operations over a one-year period.
Industry:Energy
The transmission of energy by means of electromagnetic waves. Radiant energy of any wave length may, when absorbed, become thermal energy and result in an increase in the temperature of the absorbing body.
Industry:Energy
A gas containing certain specific hydrocarbons which are gaseous under normal atmospheric conditions but can be liquefied under moderate pressure at normal temperatures. Propane and butane are the principal examples.
Industry:Energy
A post combustion control which taps flue gas off the boiler and injects ammonia with nitrogen oxide gas to reduce emissions.
Industry:Energy
Adding heat to remove accumulated solid water or carbon dioxide constituents from low-temperature process equipment.
Industry:Energy
Difference in pressure between any two points in a continuous system. Compare PRESSURE DROP.
Industry:Energy