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A factor for converting data between one unit of measurement and another (such as between short tons and British thermal units, or between barrels and gallons).
Industry:Energy
Any substance or natural phenomenon that can be consumed or transformed to supply heat or power. Examples include petroleum, coal, natural gas, nuclear, biomass, electricity, wind, sunlight, geothermal, water movement, and hydrogen in fuel cells.
Industry:Energy
Conditioning of room air for human comfort by a refrigeration unit (such as an air conditioner or heat pump) or by circulating chilled water through a central cooling or district cooling system. Use of fans or blowers by themselves, without chilled air or water, is not included in this definition of cooling.
Industry:Energy
Fuel companies supplying electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, kerosene, or LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) to the household.
Industry:Energy
Energy made available for futuredisposition. Supply can be considered and measured from the point of view of the energy provider or the receiver.
Industry:Energy
For electricity or natural gas, the quantity is the amount used by the household during the365- or 366-day period. For fuel oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleumgas (LPG), the quantity consists of fuel purchased, not fuel consumed.If the level of fuel in the storage tank was the same at the beginning and end of the annual period, then the quantity consumed would be the same as the quantity purchased.
Industry:Energy
An equipment system that provides water to the condensers and includes water intakes and outlets; cooling towers; and ponds, pumps, and pipes.
Industry:Energy
The sale, exchange, or transmission of electricity between two or more electric utilities that typically have sufficient generation and transmission capacity to supply their load requirements under normal conditions.
Industry:Energy
The total volume within all cylinders of an engine when pistons are at their lowest positions. The engine is usually measured in "liters" or "cubic inches of displacement(CID)." Generally, larger engines result in greater engine power, butless fuel efficiency. There are 61.024 cubic inches in a liter.
Industry:Energy
Uranium in which the U-235 isotope concentration has been increased to greater than the 0.711 percent U-235 (by weight) present in natural uranium.
Industry:Energy
