A type of hydroelectric facility that uses the river flow with very little alteration and little or no impoundment of the water.

Resin formed from reactions involving furfuryl alcohol alone or in combination with other constituents.

The technique for maintaining a constant electrode potential.

An instrument used to measure the water vapor content of the air. A type of hygrometer. It consists of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer. See aspiration psychrometer, Assmann psychrometer. hygrodeik, sling psychrometer.

A mercury-in-glass thermometer which records the temperature upon being inverted and retains its reading until being returned to the first position.

Line on a chart linking points of equal depth. also known as a Depth Contour.

A contract whereby the shipowner places the vessel at the disposal of the charterer for one or more voyages, the shipowner being responsible for the operation of the vessel.

A turbine that generates power from the combustion of a fuel.

Aging induced by cold working.

Various means for allowing LNG tanks to expand and contract due to temperature changes by sliding on the tank supports while restricting its movement due to the motion of the vessel.

1.06 liquid U.S. quarts or 33.9 fluid ounces.

A type of heating system in which the heat transfer fluid circulates from the heating component to a heat exchanger that is immersed in a heat storage media, passing its heat to the storage media without physically contacting it.

In reference to wind energy, for any given instant, the power available in the wind is proportional to the cube of the wind velocity; when wind speed doubles, the power availability increases eight times.

The amount of fuel necessary to generate one kilowatt-hour of electricity.

A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms or 2,204.6 pounds.

The amount of energy an energy storage device or system can store.

See hydrogen embrittlement.

A pyrheliometer of the bimetallic type used to measure the intensity of direct solar radiation.

The lowest value of a measured quality at which a sensor meets its accuracy specification.

Finding Of No Significant Impact (Environmental Assessment)