- 업종: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
A gas main or supply line that delivers gas from a city gate station or other source of supply to the distribution networks.
Industry:Energy
A predefined monthly period in which daily services are summarized for invoicing and imbalance statements. Typically billing months are not calendar months, except for large volume and special use customers. See CYCLE BILLING.
Industry:Energy
AFUE measures average annual seasonal efficiency of a gas furnace or boiler and may be expressed as total heating output divided by total energy (fuel) input. AFUE's for furnaces can range from 55% to 97%.
Industry:Energy
Draft that is caused by a thermal upset in which temperature differences change the weight (pressure) of air.
Industry:Energy
The assembly of fittings, valves, and controls located at the surface and connected to the flow lines, tubing, and casing of the well so as to control the flow from the reservoir.
Industry:Energy
The portions of a building which do not have significant amounts of exterior surfaces. Such zones have heating or cooling needs largely dependent upon internal factors such as lighting. Compare EXTERIOR ZONES.
Industry:Energy
To attach elevators to a section of pipe. Also, a slang term meaning to take hold of a variety of different objects around the drilling rig.
Industry:Energy
A gas manufactured from carbonaceous material whose characteristics are substantially interchangeable with natural gas. The resultant gas is composed primarily of methane. At this writing, SNG feedstocks are the llight hydrocarbons, propane, butane, and the naphthas. Development is underway of processes for production from heavier feedstocks, coal, peat, and solid wastes. See SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS.
Industry:Energy
