An unhandy seaman.

A unit of rate of operation. Electrical Hp: a measure of time rate of mechanical energy output; usually applied to electric motors as the maximum output; 1 electrical Hp is equal to 0.746 kilowatts or 2,545 Btu per hour. Shaft Hp: a measure of the actual ...

Is a unit of work equal to 33,000 foot pounds per minute, 550 foot pounds per second, or 746 Watts.

The horsepower input to the compressor shaft, or more generally to any driven machine shaft.

The actual work required to compress and deliver a given gas quantity, including all thermodynamic, leakage and fluid friction losses. It does not include mechanical losses.

One horsepower provided over one hour; equal to 0.745 kilowatt-hour or 2,545 Btu.

The horsepower required to isothermally compress the air or gas delivered by the compressor at specified conditions.

The horsepower calculated from compressor-indicator diagrams. Applied only to displacement type compressors.

The maximum power required by a given compressor when operating at a (1) constant discharge pressure with variable intake pressure, or (2) constant intake pressure with variable discharge pressure.

The horsepower required to compress adiabatically the air or gas delivered by the compressor through the specified range of pressures.

A floatation device shaped like a U and thrown to people in the water in emergencies.

An insurance policy which pays a specified amount to the insured in the event that he/she goes to.

A takeover bid by one company for another, in which the directors of the target company oppose.

A heating unit where heat is distributed by means of convection or fans.

An accelerated corrosion of' metal surfaces that results from the combined elTect of oxidation and reactions with sulfur compounds and other contaminunts, such us chlorides, to form a molten salt on a metal iurfuce that f1uxes, destroys, or disrupts the n ...

Also called solidification crackinghot cracking of weldments is caused by the segregation at grain boundaries of low-melting constituents in the weld metal. This can resultin grain-boundary tearing under thermal contraction stresses. Hot cracking can be m ...

A metallic coating obtained bydipping the base metal into a molten metal.

A geothermal energy resource that consists of high temperature rocks above 300 F (150 C) that may be fractured and have little or no water. To extract the heat, the rock must first be fractured, then water is injected into the rock and pumped out to extra ...

Anemometer which measures wind speed by measuring the degree of cooling of a metal film heated by an electric current. A type of cooling-power anemometer.

Anemometer which measures wind speed by measuring the degree of cooling of a metal film heated by an electric current. A type of cooling-power anemometer.