替代燃料车辆:
内燃机车:装有非汽油或柴油发动机的车辆.
安:
测量电路中产生的电流的单位.
双燃料天然气车辆:
A vehicle with an engine capable of running on either natural 气体 or some other fuel (usually 气体oline).
容量:
发电量发电机所提供的或所需的电量, 涡轮, 变压器, 传输电路, 站, 或系统是由制造商评定的.
二氧化碳(CO)2):
Carbon Dioxide is the main product from the combustion of fossil fuels, such as 气体, oil and coal. 而股份有限公司2 在全球温室效应的争论中扮演了可能的角色, 它目前没有受到监管.
热电联产:
产生有用热/蒸汽的连续或同时的过程, 用于各种工艺应用, and then directed into a 涡轮 to generate electricity and/or 机械 work from the useful thermal energy still available for use.
联合循环:
A cogeneration technology in which additional electricity is produced sequentially from otherwise lost waste heat exiting from one or more 气体-fired 涡轮s. The exiting heat flow is routed to an exhaust-fired conventional boiler or to a heat recovery 蒸汽 generator for utilization by a 蒸汽 涡轮 in the production of electricity. This process increases the efficiency of an electric generating system by turning the rejected heat into thermal 蒸汽 rather than discharging it into the atmosphere.
压缩天然气(CNG):
This is a natural 气体 that is highly compressed and stored in high-pressure surface containers. Compressed natural 气体 is used extensively as a transportation fuel for automobiles, truck and buses.
电流:
电导体中电子的流动. 电流的强度或运动速率用安培来测量.
专用NGV:
只能以天然气为燃料的汽车.
直接使用:
直接使用包括直接在终端用途如熔炉中燃烧天然气, 热水器及其他天然气器具或车辆. This is as opposed to burning natural 气体 for electric generation which would then be used to power the same appliances or electric vehicles in a less efficient manner due to energy losses incurred during generation and transportation.
能源:
The 能力 for doing work as measured by the 能力 of doing work (potential energy) or the conversion of this 能力 to motion (kinetic energy). 能量有几种形式, 其中一些很容易转换，可以改变成另一种形式对工作有用. Most of the world's convertible energy comes from fossil fuels that are burned to produce heat that is then used as a transfer medium to 机械 或者其他方式 in order to accomplish tasks. 电能通常用千瓦时来计量, 哪种热能通常用英制热单位来测量.
能源:
The primary source that provides the power that is converted to electricity through chemical, 机械, 或者其他方式. 能源来源包括煤, 石油及石油产品, 气体, 水, 铀, 风, 阳光, 地热, 还有其他来源.
化石燃料:
任何自然产生的有机燃料，如煤、原油和天然气.
燃料电池:
A device that produces electrical energy directly from the controlled electrochemical oxidation of the fuel. It does not contain an intermediate heat cycle, as do most other electrical generation techniques.
汽油加仑当量(GGE):
A unit for measuring compressed natural 气体 sold at public fueling 站s and comparing fuel efficiencies.
代:
The process of producing electric energy by transforming other forms of energy; also, 发电量:产生的电能的总量, 以千瓦时表示.
地热能源:
地球内热产生的能量可能是余热, 摩擦热, 或者是放射性衰变的结果. The heat is found in rocks and fluids at various depths and can be extracted by drilling and/or pumping.
网格:
配电系统的布局.
家用加油设备:
一种天然气加注组件，包括压缩机和加注设备 which is sized for residential time fill use.
千瓦(千瓦):
一千瓦.
负载(电动):
The amount of electric power delivered or required at any specific point or points on a system. 这一要求源于客户的耗能设备.
兆瓦(MW):
一百万瓦.
天然气:
A naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon 气体es found in porous geological formations beneath the earth's surface, 常与石油有关的. 主要成分是甲烷.
天然气汽车(NGV):
以压缩天然气为动力的交通工具.
氮氧化物(氮氧化合物):
Various oxides of nitrogen are formed in the combustion of fossil fuels, such as 气体, oil and coal. Some 氮氧化合物 is formed from the nitrogen bound in the fuel when it is combusted and some 氮氧化合物 (thermal 氮氧化合物) is formed at high temperatures from the nitrogen in the air. 氮氧化合物, 与挥发性有机化合物(VOC)和阳光结合, 导致臭氧的形成.
氮氧化物的排放受到严格管制, 由当地监督和执行, 保护人民的州和联邦环境机构, 动物和植物.
北美电力可靠性委员会(NERC):
A council formed in 1968 by the electric utility industry to promote the reliability and adequacy of bulk power supply in the electric utility systems of North America. NERC consists of nine regional reliability councils and encompasses essentially all the power systems of the contiguous United States, 加拿大, 还有一些在墨西哥.
OEM:
原始设备制造商
油:
A mixture of hydrocarbons usually existing in the liquid state in natural underground pools or reservoirs. 天然气常与石油混在一起被发现.
开销和. 地下电力服务:
在大多数情况下, 地下服务通常比空中服务更可靠, 但是维护更加困难和昂贵. 不管这些线路是建在空中还是地下, 它们的建造符合所有适用的安全规则和法规.
Pad-mounted变压器:
A distribution 变压器 that is installed on the ground on concrete pads and provides underground electrical service to customers.
峰值负载:
在一段时间内的最大负荷.
高峰负荷电厂:
A plant usually housing old, low-efficiency equipment normally used during the peak-load periods.
峰值容量:
发电设备在每日用电高峰时段正常运行的容量, 每周, 或者季节性负荷. Some generating equipment may be operated at certain times as peaking 能力 and at other times to serve loads on an around-the-clock basis.
石油(原油):
一种主要由碳氢化合物组成的自然产生的油性易燃液体. 原油偶尔会在泉水或水池中发现, 但通常是从地表下的井里钻出来的.
光伏电池:
通过转换光或类似的辐射产生电流的装置.
公共加油站:
指向一般公众开放的加油站.
原动力:
发电机驱动发电机的发动机、涡轮机、水轮或类似的机器.
快速填充:
Refers to the process of fueling a vehicle with natural 气体 in approximately the same time it would take to fuel the same vehicle with liquid fuels such as 气体oline or diesel.
可再生能源:
再生能源可再生的或几乎取之不尽的能源. 典型的例子是风能、地热能和水力.
计划停机:
发电机组的停机, 输电线路, 或其他设施, 用于检查或维修, 按照事先的时间表.
变电站:
变电站就像州际高速公路上的交汇处或城市街道上的十字路口, 取决于所涉及的电压和通过它们的功率量. 用栅栏围起来, 变电站包含变压器, 开关, circuit breakers and other devices used to control and direct the flow of electric power through the energy delivery grid.
二氧化硫(SO)2):
二氧化硫是化石燃料燃烧的产物，如石油或煤的燃烧. Small amounts of sulfur contained in the fuel is converted into sulfur dioxide in the combustion process.
二氧化硫的排放受到严格管制, 由当地监督和执行, 保护人民的州和联邦环境机构, 动物和植物.
热:
用于标识一种发电站类型的术语, 能力, 能力, 或者原动机的能量来源是热的输出.
时间填满
在很长一段时间内用天然气给车辆加油的方法, 通常是6到8小时.
变压器:
用来提高或降低电压的装置.
传输电平电压:
传输级电压没有具体的标准. It refers to that part of the electric system dedicated to the delivery of bulk power from power plants to transmission sub站s scattered around the transmission grid.
Electric power is transmitted at very high voltages because losses (much like heat losses) are minimized at elevated voltage levels. 对于给定的输出功率, 将传输电压提高一倍，可以减少75%的电力损耗.
发电机:
A machine for generating rotary 机械 power from the energy in a 蒸汽 of fluid (such as 水, 蒸汽, 或热气体). Turbines convert the kinetic energy of fluids to 机械 energy through the principals of impulse and reaction, 或者两者的混合.
车辆转换:
改装汽车发动机以使用天然气.
车辆加油装置:
一种天然气加注组件，包括压缩机和加注设备.
瓦特:
电力单位:电力单位.
Sources: Energy Information Administration; 1998; 坦帕电; 1999; Peoples Gas1999.
