A hydrogen production process that process uses algae. Under certain conditions, the pigments in certain types of algae absorb solar energy. An enzyme in the cell acts as a catalyst to split water molecules. Some of the bacteria produces hydrogen after th ...

The components which form a company's capital :ordinary shares, preference shares, debentures and.

Every company has an 'accounting reference date'. This is a date which it chooses itself, and.

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread tapered. A description of a specific pipe thread

Self-Polishing Copolymer (Anti-Fouling Compound)

A comparison of a carrier's operating expense with its net sales. The most general measure of operating efficiency.

A special coding used by employers when an employee's tax code is unknown. Individuals allocated.

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

A building element that shades windows, walls, and doors from direct solar radiation and protects these elements from precipitation.

A type of solar heating system that circulate warm water from storage through the collectors and exposed piping whenever freezing conditions occur; obviously a not very efficient system when operating in this mode.

To deliberately put a sailor ashore and leave him there while the ship sails away.

An instrument designed to measure the effect of sunlight on evaporation from plant foliage. It consists of a porous clay atmometer whose surface has been blackened so that it absorbs radiant energy.

The loss of heat as the water circulates through a water heater tank and inlet and outlet pipes.

The heat-transfer (exchanger) component of a heatpump, located outdoors, from which heat is collected in the heating mode, or expelled in the cooling mode.

A ceremony performed on board ships when passengers or crew are crossing the equator for the first time during a voyage.

A position where the sum of the deltas of the component legs adds up to.

The maximum rope speed (in meters per second) that the winch can maintain with the rope wound on the drum in a single layer, and with negligible tension on the rope, normally not more than 10% of the drum load.

Cool air pulled ashore by rising thermal air currents caused by the air inland rising as the land heats up

A very experienced and/or old sailor

Is pressure as determined by most instruments and gauges.