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U.S. Department of Energy
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This designates the resistance of a material to heat conduction. The greater the R-value the larger the number.
Industry:Energy
This device can automatically turn the heater off at night and on in the morning.
Industry:Energy
This is a national organization dedicated to representing the interests of cooperative electric power providers and the consumers they serve. Members come from the 46 states that have an electric distribution cooperative.
Industry:Energy
This is a positive constant, k, that is a property of a substance and is used in the calculation of heat transfer rates for materials. It is the amount of heat that flows through a specified area and thickness of a material over a specified period of time when there is a temperature difference of one degree between the surfaces of the material.
Industry:Energy
This is another name for an induction motor. The motors consist of a rotor inside a stator. The rotor has laminated, thin flat steel discs, stacked with channels along the length. If the casting composed of bars and attached end rings were viewed without the laminations the casting would appear similar to a squirrel cage.
Industry:Energy
This is the concept of how long a device or process can operate properly without needing maintenance or replacement.
Industry:Energy
This is the voltage-ampere requirement of a device designed to convert electric energy to a non-electrical form.
Industry:Energy
This law states that no device can completely and continuously transform all of the energy supplied to it into useful energy.
Industry:Energy
This passive solar hot water system consists relies on warm water rising, a phenomenon known as natural convection, to circulate water through the collectors and to the tank. In this type of installation, the tank must be above the collector. As water in the collector heats, it becomes lighter and rises naturally into the tank above. Meanwhile, cooler water in the tank flows down pipes to the bottom of the collector, causing circulation throughout the system. The storage tank is attached to the top of the collector so that thermosiphoning can occur.
Industry:Energy
This represents three layers of glazing in a window with an airspace between the middle glass and the exterior and interior panes.
Industry:Energy