- Industry: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The extraction from a mixture of gases or liquids of one or more components, by surface adhesion to that material with which the gases or liquids come in contact. The adsorption or extraction process does not cause and is not accompanied by either a physical or chemical change in the sorbent material. Compare ABSORPTION.
Industry:Energy
The repetition of a particular process; the return of a stream or part of a stream to a previous process or location for additional recovery of the desired components.
Industry:Energy
A material that brings about a chemical reaction without being permanently changed itself in the process.
Industry:Energy
A small diameter pipeline connected to the inlet side of a sending scraper trap which contains gas pressure exceeding that in the main pipeline for the purpose of propelling a cleaner-scraper into a main gas stream.
Industry:Energy
An infusible white solid used in preparation of synthetic natural gas to absorb sulfur from naphtha.
Industry:Energy
Gauge pressure plus barometric pressure. Absolute pressure can be zero only in a perfect vacuum.
Industry:Energy
Ranking of soft coal generally having a heating value of 8,300-13,000 Btu's/lb -- high volatile matter and ash.
Industry:Energy
The extraction of a gaseous substance from an atmosphere by liquid or solid material.
Industry:Energy
