The process of implementing measures to reduce peak power demands on a system.

A winch having a rope storage drum with or without warping end for manipulation of the rope bridle.

Room

A sudden brief increase in the speed of the wind, followed by a lull or slackening. Compare to peak gust.

The after section of the propeller shaft.

A compressor designed to compress air or gas without contaminating the flow with lubricating oil. Piston rings and packing are usually made of TFE-based materials or carbon or other synthetic material that operate without lubrication.

A rate applicable from a point on one transportation line to a point on another line, made by agreement and published in a single tariff by all transportation lines over which the rate applies.

Is the temperature at the inlet flange of the compressor.

An angle or channel from deck beam to shell frame taking the place of a bracket.

Above sea level

Area into which a boat can not go without tacking.

A longitudinal stiffener for the side of a ship, made of angle bar, bulb angle channel or plates, etc. Depending upon their locations, stringers are known as bilge stringers, side stringers, hole stringers, etc.

A fluid (as hydrogen or air) that tends to expand indefinitely. Is one of three basic phases of matter.

Ability of a filter to remove particle matter from an air stream. Measured by comparing concentrate of material upstream and downstream of the filter. Typical particulate sizes range from .3 micron to 50 micron.

A life insurance policy which often attaches to a company pension scheme. The member is typically.

The raising of new money by a company in order to pay off existing debt. more

A machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by magneto-electric induction; may be used as a motor.

A sinusoidal quantity having a frequency that is an integral multiple of the frequency of a periodic quantity to which it is related.

The change in the power available in the wind due to changes in the windspeed or velocity profile; the windpower profile is proportional to the cube of the wind speed profile.

An analytical method of assessing machine health by quantifying and examining ferrous wear particles suspended in the lubricant or hydraulic fluid.