The use of devices to limit or prevent the release of pollution into the atmosphere.

Capable of keeping out water.

Kilo or metric ton. 1,000 Kilos or 2,204.6 pounds.

An instrument for measuring differences of electric potential.

A thermometer which uses a transducing element whose element proper-ties are a function of its thermal state. Common meteorological examples of such thermometers are the resistance thermometer and the thermoelectric thermometer.

Forty Foot Equivalent Units (Containers).

"Li-Ion" and "LiPo" batteries refer to lithium ion and lithium polymer respectively. They are the latest versions of rechargeable battery and produce three times the voltage of a nickel battery and last three times as long. They are widely used in cell ph ...

Gross Observed Volume

Small boat carried on the vessel and used in case of emergency.

Securities which are considered to be more stable in price in a market where prices are.

A unit of 1,000 bars of pressure.

Energy produced by the conversion of biomass directly to heat or to a liquid or gas that can be converted to energy.

The maximum current density that can be used to obtain a desired electrode reaction without undue interference such as from polarization.

A bulkhead that will not let water pass from one side of it to the other.

A wooden enclosure about sixteen feet square and eight feet high with a precipitation gauge at its center. The function of the fence is to minimize eddies around the gauge and thus insure a catch that is representative of the actual rainfall or snowfall.

Free Water

One of the large square openings in the deck of a ship through which freight is hoisted in or out, and access is had to the hold.

A unit of pressure for a fluid, commonly used in water pumping and hydropower to express height a pump must lift water, or the distance water falls. Total head accounts for friction head losses, etc.

The potential energy available in a fuel as received, taking into account the energy loss in evaporating and superheating the water in the fuel. Equal to the higher heating value minus 1050W where W is the weight of the water formed from the hydrogen in t ...

A floating island of ice. Only one-ninth of the total mass of an iceberg is visible above water level.