Load/unload control system that tries to maximize compressor efficiency by matching air delivery and air demand. Compressor is operated at full load or idle.

A type of insulation that is molded or expanded to produce coarse, closed cells containing air. The rigid cellular structure provides thermal and acoustical insulation, strength with low weight, and coverage with few heat loss paths. Often used to insulat ...

The amount of solar energy that passes through a glazing material, expressed as a percentage.

Stocks whose earnings have grown at an above average rate over a number of years and which are.

See: 'Financial Services Compensation.

Standard Carrier Abbreviation Code identifying an individual common carrier. A three letter carrier code followed by a suffix identifies the carrier's equipment. A suffix of "U" is a container and "C" is a chassis.

The line-of-sight distance between two objects.

A horn type of vent designed to let air into a cabin and keep water out.

The ship that carries an admiral's flag.

A storage tank where sewage is stored until it can be removed to a treatment facility.

Seaman's name for a reef knot tied upside down. also called a "granny" knot.

A recess into the keel or a framework fixed to the keelson in which the mast is placed

The difference between the brightness of an object compared to that of its immediate background.

The damping of interior temperature fluctuations by massive construction.

A plan developed by an electric utility, sometimes as required by a public regulatory commission or agency, that defines the short and long term capacity additions (supply side) and demand side management programs that it will undertake to meet projected ...

Tables prepared from the psychrometric formula and used to obtain vapor pressure, relative humidity, and dew point from values of wet-bulb and dry-bulb temperatures.

Complementary equipment for terminal and over the road handling containers.

An individual or company selling equipment and supplies for ships.

Windward side of a vessel.