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A general classification for one of the petroleum fractions produced in conventional distillation operations. It includes diesel fuels and fuel oils. Products known as No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 diesel fuel are used in on-highway diesel engines, such as those in trucks and automobiles, as well as off-highway engines, such as those in railroad locomotives and agricultural machinery. Products known as No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 fuel oils are used primarily for space heating and electric power generation.
Industry:Energy
The portion of the transmission and facilities of an electric system that is dedicated to delivering electric energy to an end-user.
Industry:Energy
A company primarily engaged in the sale and delivery of natural and/or supplemental gas directly to consumers through a system of mains.
Industry:Energy
Amount of foreign coal shipped to the United States, as reported in the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "Monthly Report IM 145."
Industry:Energy
The electric utility system's load is madeup of many individual loads that make demands upon the system usually at different times of the day. The individual loads within the customer classes follow similar usage patterns, but these classes of service place different demands upon the facilities and the system grid. Theservice requirements of one electrical system can differ from another by time-of-day usage, facility usage, and/or demands placed upon the system grid.
Industry:Energy
The process of sizing and cleaning coal to meet market specifications by removing impurities such as rock, sulfur, etc. It may include crushing, screening, or mechanical cleaning.
Industry:Energy
a recombined coalbed sample produced by averaging together thickness-weighted coal analyses from partial samples of the coalbed, such as from one or more bench samples, from one or more mine exposures or outcrops where the entire bed could not be accessed in one sample, or from multiple drill cores that were required to retrieve all local sections of a coal seam.
Industry:Energy
A system using a common energy source to produce both electricity and steam for other uses, resulting in increased fuel efficiency.
Industry:Energy
A liquid petroleum product less volatile than gasoline, used as an energy source. Fuel oil includes distillate fuel oil (No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4), and residual fuel oil (No. 5 and No.6).
Industry:Energy
