Energy Glossary Definition (English)
Gas Defined
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"A fuel burned under boilers and by internal combustion engines for electric generation. These include natural gas, manufactured gas, and waste gas."
, "Fuel gas, such as natural gas, undiluted liquefied petroleum gases (vapor phase only), liquefied petroleum gas-air mixtures, or mixtures of these gases.Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG) as used in this standard, shall mean and include any material which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures of them: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane or isobutane) and butylenes.LP Gas-Air Mixture - Liquefied petroleum gases distributed at relatively low pressures and normal atmospheric temperatures which have been diluted with air to produce desired heating value and utilization characteristics.Natural Gas - Mixtures of hydrocarbon gases and vapors consisting principally of methane (CH4) in gaseous form."
, "A non-solid, non-liquid combustible energy source that includes natural gas, coke-oven gas, blast-furnace gas, and refinery gas."
, "Gaseous fuel (usually natural gas) that is burned to produce heat energy. The word also is used, colloquially, to refer to gasoline."
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