- Industria: 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 depression that occurs in the summer months in the daily load of a gas distribution system of pipeline.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of cash dividends on common stock to earnings available for common stock.
Industry:Energy
With respect to natural gas companies, the transporting and sale of gas for resale across state lines.
Industry:Energy
A clamp used to press and hold tight a gasket against a leaking section of pipe or pipe joint to seal the leak.
Industry:Energy
A joint made in thermoplastic piping by heating the parts sufficiently to permit fusion of the materials when the parts are pressed together.
Industry:Energy
A resinous material formed in regulators, meters, and orifices from the polymerization of certain gas components present in manufactured gas, primarily heterocyclic and/or unsaturated hydrocarbons.
Industry:Energy
An automatic device actuated by temperature changes designed to control the gas supply to the burner(s) in order to maintain temperature between predetermined limits, and in which the thermal actuating element is an integral part of the device: 1. Electric Switch Type: A device which senses changes in temperature and control electrically, by means of separate components, the flow of gas to the burner(s) to maintain selected temperature. 2. Graduating Thermostat: A thermostat in which the motion of the thermostat valve is in direct proportion to the effective motion of the thermal element induced by temperature change. 3. Quick-Acting Graduating Thermostat: A thermostat which changes from the completely closed position, or vice versa, but not with a snap. 4. Snap-Acting Thermostat: A thermostat in which the thermostatic valve travels instantly from the closed to the open position, or vice versa.
Industry:Energy
Gas found at depths greater than the average for a particular area; for FERC purposes, it is gas found at depths of more than 15,000 feet.
Industry:Energy
Plastics that contain more than 50% ABS polymers, more than 5% of other polymers, and lubricants, stabilizers, and colorants.
Industry:Energy
