Container freight station or a designated area where empty containers can be picked up or dropped off.

A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure.

An air conditioning system that has two ducts, one is heated and the other is cooled, so that air of the correct temperature is provided by mixing varying amounts of air from each duct.

A measure of the efficacy (efficiency) of lamps. It indicates the amount of light (lumens) emitted by the lamp for each unit of electrical power (Watts) used.

A solar energy system that produces electricity with a PV module, and collects thermal energy from the module for heating. There are no commercially available systems available (as of 11/97).

The physical material upon which a photovoltaic cell is applied.

A device for measuring the river stage. Also called stream gauge.

A type of High-Intensity Discharge (HID) lamp that uses sodium under high pressure as the primary light-producing element. These high efficiency lights produce a golden white color and are used for interior industrial applications, such as in warehouses a ...

Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) is an ether compound used as a gasoline blending component to raise the oxygen content of gasoline. MTBE is made by combining isobutylene (from various refining and chemical processes) and methanol (usually made from nat ...

A water heater that releases hot water from the top of the tank when a hot water tap is opened. To replace that hot water, cold water enters the bottom of the tank to ensure a full tank.

A popular term for highly insulating window with a heat loss so low it performs better than an insulated wall in winter, since the sunlight that it admits is greater than its heat loss over a 24 hour period.

Electrode potential where half-cell reaction involves only the metal electrode and its ion.

A general term for atmospheric water in any of its forms, i.e. clouds, fog, hail, ice crystals, rain.

A container insulated on the walls, roof, floor, and doors, to reduce the effect of external temperatures on the cargo.

A navigational buoy on which is mounted a bell with clappers hung inside a metal cage, which is rung by the motion of the sea. It serves as a warning of shoal waters.

International standard serial number

Defense Fuel Support Center

Mobile truck equipment with the capacity for lifting a container within its own framework.

The water content of a substance (a solid fuel) as measured under specified conditions being the: Dry Basis, which equals the weight of the wet sample minus the weight of a (bone) dry sample divided by the weight of the dry sample times 100 (to get percen ...

Similar to a Barber hauler, a twing adjusts the angle of sheeting.