- Отрасли: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
A device that stores energy and produces electric current by chemical action.
Industry:Energy
The outdoor temperature at which a building's internal heat gain (from people, lights and machines) is equal to the heat loss through windows, roof and walls.
Industry:Energy
A unit, based upon temperature difference and time, used in estimating fuel consumption and specifying nominal annual heating load of a building. When the mean temperature is less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit the heating degree days are equal to the total number of hours that temperature is less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit for an entire year.
Industry:Energy
Acronym for "bone dry tons." This is a measurement of biomass that has zero percent moisture content. Amounts are usually given in BDT/year.
Industry:Energy
The amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of a given mass one degree. Heat capacity may be calculated by multiplying the mass by the specific heat.
Industry:Energy
A type of colorless liquid hydrocarbon that can be used as a motor fuel. Its chemical symbol is C6H6.
Industry:Energy
A difference in temperature. Often used in the context of the difference between the design indoor temperature and the outdoor temperature.
Industry:Energy
The acronym for Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena, three electric, municipal utilities serving those southern California cities. The three are usually grouped statistically, though they are separate entities.
Industry:Energy
