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A registered trademark for plastic sheeting material that can be used as a vapor retarder. This plastic is used to make grocery bags. It is a long chain of carbon atoms with 2 hydrogen atoms attached to each carbon atom.
Industry:Energy
The amount of time required before the savings resulting from your system equal the system cost.
Industry:Energy
A hydrocarbon gas, C3H8, occurring in crude oil, natural gas, and refinery cracking gas. It is used as a fuel, a solvent, and a refrigerant. Propane liquefies under pressure and is the major component of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Industry:Energy
The transformation on a compound or material into one or more substances by heat alone (without oxidation). Often called destructive distillation. Pyrolysis of biomass is the thermal degradation of the material in the absence of reacting gases, and occurs prior to or simultaneously with gasification reactions in a gasifier. Pyrolysis products consist of gases, liquids, and char generally. The liquid fraction of pyrolisized biomass consists of an insoluble viscous tar, and pyroligneous acids (acetic acid, methanol, acetone, esters, aldehydes, and furfural). The distribution of pyrolysis products varies depending on the feedstock composition, heating rate, temperature, and pressure.
Industry:Energy
The transfer of heat through matter or space by means of electromagnetic waves.
Industry:Energy
Materials left over from making nuclear energy. Radioactive waste can living organisms if it is not stored safely.
Industry:Energy
The process of converting materials that are no longer useful as designed or intended into a new product.
Industry:Energy
The type of alternative current generated by alternating current generators, rotary inverters, and solid-state inverters.
Industry:Energy
