A hydropower plant that is operated at maximum allowable capacity for part of the day and is either shut down for the remainder of the time or operated at minimal capacity level.

A light sail, such as a spinnaker, used to make the most of light following winds.

An entry that allows foreign merchandise arriving at one port to be exported from the same port without the payment of duty.

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Not a linear function of the relevant variables.

Solid fuels made from primarily wood sawdust that is compacted under high pressure to form small (about the size of rabbit feed) pellets for use in a pellet stove.

A valve used to mix heated water with cold in a heating system to provide a desired water temperature for end use.

This designates the resistance of a material to heat conduction. The greater the R-value the larger the number.

A common unit used in measurement of atmospheric pressure. Defined as that pressure exerted by a one-inch column of mercury at standard gravity and a temperature of 0'C.

(IFA)A person qualified to give financial advice to clients on life assurance, pensions, funds, and.

The planning and implementation of strategies designed to encourage consumers to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, change the time of usage, or promote the use of different energy source.

A safe anchorage, protected from most storms; may be natural or man-made, with breakwaters and jetties; a place for docking and loading.

The binding of an adsorbate to the surface of a solid by forces whose energy levels approximate those of a chemical bond. Contrast with physisorption.

A coating process, similar to gas carburizing and carbonitriding, whereby a reactant atmosphere gas is fed into a processing chamber where it decomposes at the surface of the workpiece, liberating one material for either absorption by, or accumulation on ...

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A type of schooner without a bowsprit.

Filled with water but afloat.

A generic term for an electrical conductor.

Particles of foreign material in a metallic matrix. The particles are usually compounds (such as oxides, sulfides, or silicates), but may be of any substance that is foreign to (and essentially insoluble in) the matrix.