- 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 amount of gas delivered or required at any specified point or points on a system; load originates primarily at the gas consuming equipment of the customers. Also, to load a pressure regulator is to set the regulator to maintain a given pressure as the rate of gas flow through the regulator varies. Compare DEMAND.
Industry:Energy
The outdoor air in general. Also a mixture of gases within any specified chamber, such as heat-treating furnace.
Industry:Energy
The weight per unit volume of a material including voids inherent in the material as tested.
Industry:Energy
A device to limit the escape of gas from the vent opening of a regulator in the event of a diaphragm failure, to not more than 1 cubic foot per hour of a gas having a specific gravity of 0.6 at 7 inches water column.
Industry:Energy
A mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen frequently used to produce (synthesize) many chemicals depending on the reacting conditions and catalysts used. Examples are methanol, methane, acetic acid, ammonia, and numerous other chemicals.
Industry:Energy
A term used to designate a fuel gas compatible with natural gas from pipelines. Such a gas can be substituted for methane. With respect to synthetic pipeline gas, a gas that meets the specifications for methane interchangeability.
Industry:Energy
Available heat in electricity; one kilowatt hour equals 3,412.97 Btu.
Industry:Energy
That part of a natural gas company's business which is subject to the rules and regulations of the Commission. Generally, the Commission has (1) rate jurisdiction over transportation and sales of gas for resale in interstate commerce and (2) certificate jurisdiction over those facilities (except purely gathering) used to transport gas across state lines in interstate commerce.
Industry:Energy
