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The process of designing a solar system to meet a specified load given the solar resource and the nominal or rated energy output of the solar energy collection or conversion device.

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The use of solar thermal energy or solar electricity to power a cooling appliance. There are five basic types of solar cooling technologies: absorption cooling, which can use solar thermal energy to vaporize the refrigerant; desiccant cooling, which can u ...

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Taxes which are imposed directly on the individual paying them. Examples of direct taxation are.

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A type of mortgage where interest repayments to the lender are fixed until maturity or for a.

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A technique for insulating and sealing exterior walls that reduces vapor diffusion through air leakage points by installing pre-cut blocks of rigid foam insulation over floor joists, sheet subfloor, and top plates before drywall is installed.

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The pressure at which a pressure operated valve begins to pass a gas.

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Tools that operate by air pressure.

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The distance between frames.

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A ported enclosure which directs the flow of a gas through the filter element.

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The closing price is the last price for a tradable instrument at the time the market closes. On.

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(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.

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A dock line leading forward or aft, to prevent a vessel from moving ahead or astern. The after bow spring line is attached near the bow and runs aft, where it is attached to the dock. The forward quarter spring line is attached to the quarter of the boat, ...

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The most important commercial measurement when the intrinsic weight of the cargo is so low that the ship becomes full without being loaded to the cargo line. Is expressed in cubic metres or cubic feet.

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The feminine form.

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The difference between the diameter of a shaft rod, etc., and that of the hole in which it works.

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Damage Free Car. Boxcars equipped with special bracing material.

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In the US, an insurance policy taken out on the life of a company executive or senior employee whose.

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The manner in which a shipment moves; i.e., the carriers handling it and the points at which the carriers interchange.

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Are lines that supply equipment from sub headers.

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In spray painting applications, spray equipment which delivers material at a low pressure of no more than 10 PSI (at the air cap), however, with greater volume of air.

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