- 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.
A valuing system wherein a full-flow vent valve is located on piping between two shut-off valves in series for the purpose of bleeding to atmosphere excess pressure between the valves.
Industry:Energy
Combustion air (fed to burners) can be heated to approximately 500 degrees F by transferring heat from the flue gases to the air.
Industry:Energy
Losses in static or velocity pressure in a piping system due to friction, eddies, leaks, or improper piping design. See PRESSURE DROP.
Industry:Energy
The act of ending federal government control over the wellhead price of new natural gas sold in interstate commerce. Also termed "deregulation".
Industry:Energy
The measure of flame shape and dimension. Such shape can be produced by single or multiple burners.
Industry:Energy
The unit of measure used for the purpose of balancing the amount of gas received by transporter at the transporter receipt point(s) with the amount of gas delivered by transporter for shipper's account at the transporter delivery point(s). The Balancing Unit shall be reported in MMBtu's which shall be determined by multiplying each Mcf of dry gas so received or delivered by the dry heating value thereof.
Industry:Energy
A gas pressure regulating device common to industrial combustion systems used for controlling and reducing varying inlet gas pressures to atmospheric pressure at the device outlet.
Industry:Energy
A pressure unit representing the pressure required to support a column of mercury one inch high at a specified temperature; 2.036 inches of mercury (at 32 degrees F and standard gravity of 32.174 ft/sec2) is equal to a gauge pressure of one pound per square inch.
Industry:Energy
