A thin sheet of material (metal) of a heat exchanger that conducts heat to a fluid.

Fuel gas with a heating value of between 200 and 300 Btu per cubic foot.

A heat storage system that uses a heat storage medium, and where the additional or removal of heat results in a change in temperature.

A wind blowing in a direction perpendicular to the course of a moving object.

Pyrheliometer based on the comparison of the heating of two identical metal strips, one exposed to radiation, the other to a joule effect.

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The instruction a client gives a broker to obtain a quote from a market maker on the price for a.

The process in which a solid fuel is converted into a gas; also known as pyrolitic distillation or pyrolysis. Production of a clean fuel gas makes a wide variety of power options available.

A general term used to imply that a part in service (1) has become completely inoperable, (2) is still operable but is incapable of satisfactorily performing its intended function, or (3) has deteriorated seriously, to the point that it has become unrelia ...

The potential of an electrode measured with respect to a reference electrode or another electrode when no current flows to or from it.

The visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths from 0.4 to 0.76 microns

The unit of force in the centimeter-gram-second system of physical units, i.e. one gm cm per sec2, equal to 7.233 x 10-5 poundal.

An air heater in which air is blown over electric resistance heating coils.

Said of a vessel when stopped and lying near the wind in heavy weather. See Heave To

Capacity of a soil or other surface to be penetrated by water sinking into the ground under the force of gravity. It thus expresses the rate of percolation.

A tube designed to measure the rate of flow of fluids. It consists of a tube having a constriction or throat at its midsection. The difference between the pressure measured at the inlet and at the throat is a function of the fluid velocity. Compare to Pit ...

A ruling by a court of law. An example is the ordering of a court to a person to settle a debt to.

In the US, a computerised high speed communication system linking the banks within the Federal.

A curve showing the variation of temperature with height in the free air. See lapse rate.

Used to describe an option that is unlikely to go into-the-money prior to.